The Hydras

Grand Admiral Thrawn "The God of War"

Flagship: No preferred Flagships

Known Subordinates:

Admiral Ar'alani "The First Lady of War"

Flagship: Syndic-class Star Destroyer Frontier

Aurek Company "Vader's Middle Finger"

Description: Elite 501st unit under the command of Grand Admiral Thrawn

Captain Dagon Niriz "The Dragon of the Unknown"

Flagship: Imperial-class Star Destroyer Admonitor

The Hand of Judgement

Description: Trained the non-Human members of the Empire of the Hand Ground Forces. Also known as "Thrawn's Hidden Blade", the team is usually called up from their training duties to take on suicide missions.

Admiral Siath "The Guardian of the Hand"

Flagship: Phalanx-class Star Destroyer Battlehammer

General Soontir Fel "Ace Supreme"

Description: Commands the elite 181st Imperial Fighter Wing. "Officially" not under Thrawn's command to avoid any suspicions or jealousy from the Grand Admiral's peers. Trained many aces who fight for both the Empire and the Rebellion.

Commander Stent "The Shield of Thrawn

Flagship: Ascendancy-class Star Destroyer Thrawn's Hand

Admiral Voss Parck "The Mentor"

Flagship: Assertor-class Super Star Destroyer Wrath

General Rohm Mohc "Toughest Ole Bastard"

Description: The brain behind the Dark Trooper program, the disgraced General was given a chance to redeem himself by creating a droid army for Thrawn.

General Mosh Barris "Moshpit"

Description: Oversees all Special Forces Operations in the Empire of the Hand.

Imperial Rangers

Description: Formed by General Mosh Barris, they were the best of the best among the Scout Troopers. Often inserted first to provide recon for other Spec Ops groups.

General Zafaya Fudensko "The Berserker"

Description: Commander of the Armored Divisions in the Empire of the Hand, he was known for his aggressiveness and brutality to his enemies. Favors using Blitzkrieg tactics using Repulsor Tanks and Speeders with Walkers as fire support.

181st Imperial Fighter Wing "The One Hundred and Eighty-Worst"

Description: Once called the "One Hundred and Eighty-Worst" due to their poor records, the pilots soon became the greatest in the Empire's Starfighter corps under Soontir Fel. The pilots embraced the unit's nickname, describing it as an honor to be considered the worse starfighter unit anyone would want to face.

Grand Moff Ardus Kaine "Tarkin's Bane"

Flagship: Executor-class Super Star Destroyer Reaper

Grand Admiral Octavian Grant "Noble Warrior"

Flagship: Imperial-class Star Destroyer Oriflamme

General Hastorn Ziering "General Fair and Care"

Description: Earned his cybernetics due to wounds during the Battle of Maridun, Ziering was known to be a very just man who took great care for not just his troops, but also civilians to survive the battlefield. His survival in the Battle of Maridun saved the career of Commander Janek Sunber from demotion due to false accusations from a Captain in Ziering's unit.

Commander Janek "Tank" Sunber

Description: Protege of General Hastorn Ziering, Commander Janek "Tank" Sunber was wildly known among the officer corps as the childhood friend of Rebel Alliance leader and Jedi, Luke Skywalker. Criticized by fellow officers, he was shielded by the powerful members of the Hydras who saw the "young blood" had a gift in being a real leader in the battlefield.

Captain Apwar Trigit

Flagship: Imperial-class Star Destroyer Implacable

Captain Brandei

Flagship: Imperial-class Star Destroyer Judicator

Colonel Ivan Cronus

Description: In charge of the construction of the stealth Super Star Destroyer Night Hammer under the command of Admiral Sander Delvardus.

Captain Dorja

Flagship: Imperial-class Star Destroyer Relentless

General Freja Covell

Description: One of the greatest officers in the Empire's Armored Corps. Currently travelling throughout the Empire "officially" to see the status of the Empire's Ground Forces throughout the frontline for Emperor Palpatine, but in reality is recruiting officers for the Hydras.

Captain Gilad Pellaeon

Flagship: Imperial-class Star Destroyer Chimaera

Grodin Tierce

Description: Starting off as a Stormtrooper, Thrawn recommended him to the Emperor's Royal Guards which the man passed the training with flying colors. As one of the Emperor's Guards, he was often present in the Emperor's meetings. In reality, he was a spy placed by Thrawn to keep tabs on the Emperor's plans so the Grand Admiral can be ten steps ahead.

Maarek Stele

Description: A Force-sensitive and member of the Emperor's Hand in the 181st, Stele greatly questioned the Emperor's motives after touring the Outer Rim and seeing his plans firsthand. Was recruited by Soontir Fel and became extremely loyal to Grand Admiral Thrawn's Empire of the Hand.

General Maximilian Veers

Description: Became one of the most famous Generals in the Galactic Empire after being chosen by Vader and his victory on Hoth. However, he was injured during the battle and while hospitalized, he was visited by Thrawn himself. The Grand Admiral presented to him his motives and the history of Palpatine. Veers entertained with Thrawn's offer to join his circle considering the General owed Thrawn his career. Soon, Veers became the primary recruiter for the Hydras within Death Squadron. His first recruit? Captain Gilad Pellaeon.

Colonel Meizh Vermel

Description: Commander of the Stormtrooper Corps aboard the Chimaera and close friend to Captain Gilad Pellaeon, Vermel also had a captured Rebel CR90 Corvette stored aboard the Star Destroyer to perform infiltration operations behind Rebel lines.

Admiral Sander Delvardus

Flagship: Praetor Mark II-class Battlecruiser Thalassa

Grand Admiral Josef Grunger

Flagship: Executor-class Super Star Destroyer Aggressor

Grand Admiral Miltin Takel

Flagship: Imperial-class Star Destroyer Magic Dragon

Grand Admiral Martio Batch

Flagship: Executor-class Stealth Super Star Destroyer Terror

Grand Admiral Osvald Teshik

Flagship: Imperial-class Star Destroyer Eleemosynary

Carnor Jax

Description: A force-sensitive within the Emperor's Royal Guards, Jax had reservations for Palpatine ever since he was inducted. He jumped at the chance to bring down Palpatine the moment he met Grand Admiral Thrawn.

Kir Kanos

Description: Appearing dog loyal to Emperor Palpatine, Kir Kanos became disillusioned little by little each time he was forced to kill one of his personal friends during training for the Royal Guards. The doubt was at first small, but the damn broke once he was assigned to guard Thrawn with Carnor Jax when the Grand Admiral explored the Unknown Regions. Now questioning his loyalties, Kanos seeks to find the best path for the galaxy's future.

Kirtan Loor

Description: A feared ISB Agent close to Director Ysanne Isard, Loor became frustrated when he found his career has stagnated. He believed he would've been rewarded if Colonel Wullf Yuleran was still alive, but no such praise or any promotions came under Isard. He joined Thrawn's inner circle at the chance to kick Isard off her throne and boost his own career.

General Jahan Cross

Description: Known womanizer and the greatest field agent in ISB's history, Cross had a strong distaste for Isard, especially in her inability to defeat Crix Madine's intelligence network. Thus, started a trifecta between Jahan Cross with his faction within the ISB full of Yuleran loyalists, Kirtan Loor with his close position to Ysanne Isard, and Admiral Sander Delvardus with his own intelligence network and special forces units.

Grand Admiral Afsheen Makati

Flagship: Imperial-class Star Destroyer Steadfast

Grand Admiral Peccati Syn

Flagship: Imperial-class Star Destroyer Fi

Grand Moff Weblin

Flagship: Imperial-class Star Destroyer Gnisnal

Admiral Jhared Montferrat

Flagship: Imperial-class Star Destroyer Devastator

Captain Xamuel Lennox

Flagship: Imperial-class Star Destroyer Tyrant

Admiral Karyn Faro

Flagship: Eclipse-class Super Star Destroyer Eclipse II

General Cassio Tagge

Description: Seen as a rival to Darth Vader, Tagge was instructed in the mundane task of overseeing the defenses of Kuat, Byss, and Coruscant instead of the frontlines like he wanted. His position however came with many positives and he sold himself to join Thrawn's circle as long as Vader is dead and TaggeCo survived the onslaught. Along with Tagge came a fleet of Tagge Battlecruisers and Modular Taskforce Cruisers which were in excellent position to help take over the fleets over Coruscant, Kuat, and Byss.

Task Force 99 "SCAR Squadron"

Description: Special Forces unit under Grand Admiral Thrawn whom he took a liking, the squad was known to be "unorthodox" but they always came back with at least something in any suicide missions.

Moff Tiaan Jerjerrod

Description: Disillusioned with the idea of building another Death Star, he became easy pickings for the recruitment by General Veers. He was tasked to slow the construction of the Second Death Star as much as possible without rousing any suspicions.

Vice Admiral Terrinald Screed

Flagship: Gladiator-class Star Destroyer Demolisher

Commander Eli Vanto

Description: Close friend with Grand Admiral Thrawn, he became the official ambassador to the Chiss Ascendancy and was tasked with recruiting Chiss to Thrawn's cause and riling up the populace against the Oligarchy.

Admiral Teren Rogriss

Flagship: Imperial-class Star Destroyer Agonizer

Author's Note

That's all the major members of the Hydras for now.

Hot take, I think Osvald Teshik is a better Admiral than Admiral Gial Ackbar. The man took on the entire Hapes Navy with minimal forces and survived, and he held back Ackbar's entire fleet with a single Star Destroyer and a few escorts for 4 hours before being captured while the rest of Death Squadron escaped.

Saddest thing about Teshik though. He was perhaps the least evil of all the Grand Admirals and was executed for the crimes of Palpatine and Vader. Dude laughed in his execution which spooked everyone present because he knew the war will truly never end.

A true officer through and through who really did care about the men and women under him.

Anyways, still working on the real chapter. Currently around 4K-5K words.