Retriever Guild

The Retriever Guild was a task force of Imperial agents, typically with backgrounds in the Imperial Security Bureau, whose primary duty was to acquire holocrons, ancient datapads, and other sensitive archives that contained sensitive information on Force-related subjects such as Sith history. Imperial Retrievers, under the direct orders of Emperor Palpatine, often cooperated with Inquisitors and other Dark Jedi to track down criminals across the galaxy that might have access to such information or its whereabouts. The Retrievers were also reinforced in their missions by an elite force of stormtroopers. While most individuals the Retrievers tracked were arrested and tried, some such as Naastau were considered too dangerous to be kept alive, in which case Retrievers also operated as assassins. For much of their existence, the Retrievers were commanded by Lieutenant Dortwald "Dort" Fammer.

Dissolution
After Naastau had spent years evading the Retrievers (killing many in his previous escapes), he lured Lieutenant Dort, his agents, a squad of stormtroopers, and at least one Dark Jedi to a derelict space station in Wild Space. He and his assassin droid eliminated most of the group after rigging the station with explosives before killing the rest off in a brief engagement. Following Dort's death, Palpatine disbanded the Retriever Guild and replaced it with the Record Recovery Guild, who was much more public about their operations.