Malfkla Yzu was an Imperial naval officer who rose to prominence during the later years of the Galactic Empire and eventually became the Executor of the Eternal Order under Faethor Dejarc. A veteran commander whose career spanned the collapse of the Empire, the era of Imperial fragmentation, and the rise and fall of the First Order, Yzu became known for his disciplined approach to fleet preservation and strategic restraint.
Unlike many Imperial officers of his generation, Yzu distinguished himself less through dramatic victories than through careful management of ships, personnel, and logistics. He believed Imperial power could only endure through patience and preservation rather than reckless offensives. This outlook allowed him to survive an era in which many Imperial commanders destroyed their own strength pursuing short-lived warlord ambitions.
By the early 40s ABY, Yzu had become one of the principal military architects of the Eternal Order, serving as its Executor and overseeing the organization’s dispersed naval forces from the ruined world of Kapsina in the Deep Core.
Early Career
Little is recorded about Yzu’s early life before his entry into Imperial service. He emerged from the Imperial Naval Academy system during the later decades of Emperor Palpatine’s reign, entering a navy already showing signs of overextension.
His early assignments placed him within fleets responsible for protecting the Empire’s core territories. Over time he developed a reputation for organizational discipline and strategic caution rather than personal flair. While many officers pursued advancement through aggressive action, Yzu focused on logistics, fleet readiness, and long-range operational planning.
These skills eventually led to his appointment as commander of the 15th Deep Core Reserve Fleet.
Commander of the 15th Deep Core Reserve Fleet
During the later years of the Galactic Empire, Yzu rose to the rank of admiral and assumed command of the 15th Deep Core Reserve Fleet. The formation was tasked with safeguarding key Imperial holdings in the Deep Core and regulating access to some of the Empire’s most secure territories.
Yzu’s command operated primarily from the strategically important Empress Teta system. Rich in industrial resources and positioned as a gateway to the Deep Core, the world served as an important Imperial stronghold during Palpatine’s rule. Officially, the fleet’s Star Destroyers and support vessels conducted customs enforcement patrols intended to combat smuggling and piracy in the surrounding region.
In reality, the fleet’s responsibilities were more sensitive. Among its duties was maintaining a hyperspace interdiction checkpoint along the only known hyperspace route connecting the Empress Teta system to the interior of the Deep Core. This checkpoint allowed the Empire to monitor and regulate traffic entering the region.
Under Yzu’s leadership the fleet became known for strict operational discipline and quiet efficiency. Rather than seeking combat glory, the 15th Fleet operated as a guardian force, maintaining stability around the Deep Core and ensuring the Empire retained control over its most secure territories.
The Age of Imperial Fragmentation
Following the death of Emperor Palpatine and the collapse of centralized Imperial authority, the Empire fragmented into competing successor states. Many commanders declared themselves warlords or aligned with rival regimes.
Yzu avoided these rivalries. Instead of attempting to carve out his own dominion, he focused on preserving ships and personnel wherever possible. His forces withdrew from unwinnable engagements and relocated to hidden anchorages and supply corridors.
This strategy allowed Yzu to maintain a surprisingly intact command structure while other Imperial fleets disintegrated through civil war or absorption by competing factions. Over time he became involved in informal naval networks linking scattered Imperial remnants operating beyond the reach of the New Republic.
These connections would eventually intersect with the rising power of the First Order.
Connection to the First Order
During the years in which the First Order rebuilt its strength within the Unknown Regions, Yzu’s experience in fleet preservation and clandestine logistics made him a respected figure among remnant naval circles. Although he was not among the political architects of the regime itself, several fleets and supply routes tied to his earlier networks eventually fell within its sphere of influence.
His role during this period remained largely indirect, but his reputation among surviving Imperial officers continued to grow. When the First Order was destroyed during the Battle of Exegol, many of the remnants tied to those networks once again found themselves leaderless.
It was during this chaotic aftermath that Yzu encountered Faethor.
Service to the Eternal Order
By the time Faethor began assembling surviving elements of the First Order and the Sith Eternal into what would become the Eternal Order, Yzu already commanded the respect of several remaining naval formations. His long career across multiple eras of Imperial collapse made him one of the few officers whose authority could be accepted by traditional Imperial holdouts, First Order veterans, and personnel tied to Sith Eternal infrastructure.
Recognizing both his experience and reputation, Faethor elevated Yzu to the rank of Executor, granting him supreme command of the Eternal Order’s military forces.
From this position Yzu organized the Order’s fleets into dispersed task groups operating across the Outer Reaches and the Deep Core. Rather than forming a single vulnerable armada, his doctrine emphasized secrecy, survivability, and long-term strategic leverage.
Relationship with Faethor
Despite serving as the Eternal Order’s military commander, Yzu was never known as a devotee of Sith ideology. His loyalty to Faethor appears to have stemmed less from belief than from pragmatic recognition of the Shadow Regent’s ability to unify otherwise incompatible factions.
Where many officers viewed the cultic traditions inherited from the Sith Eternal with skepticism, Yzu treated them as a political reality to be managed. His concern was not prophecy but preparedness. His task was to ensure the Order’s fleets remained intact and ready for the moment when Faethor’s long campaign against Clan Plagueis would move from covert destabilization to open war.