Grand Admiral Gilad Pellaeon served in the Republic and Imperial navies for a combined total of seventy years. During the Clone Wars he was the captain of an assault ship, and when the Republic transitioned into the Empire, he continued his service on board the star destroyer Chimaera. At the Battle of Endor he issued the Imperial retreat after the loss of the Death Star and the super star destroyer Executor. In Legends it was *Pellaeon* who issued the retreat order at the Battle of Endor instead of Rae Sloane. When Grand Admiral Thrawn returned to the Empire, he selected the Chimaera as his flagship, and took Pellaeon as his protege. He remained completely loyal to the Grand Admiral until Thrawn’s death at the Battle of Bilbringi, where Pellaeon was once again forced to issue a retreat. Still he remained with the failing Imperial Remnant, serving alongside Warlord Teradoc and Admiral Daala, but each new leader fell to the New Republic. The Council of Moffs eventually named him Admiral Pellaeon, which gave him enough power to force the Remnant into a peace treaty with their enemies, fifteen years after the Battle of Endor. When the Yuuzhan Vong attacked the galaxy, he leveraged his position in the Imperial Remnant Fleet to join the Galactic Alliance alongside the New Republic to defeat the invaders. During that conflict he was promoted to the rank of Grand Admiral.
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