Imperial Department of Military Research
this branch of the Empire's war machine was responsible for developing new forms of military technology, such as the orbital nightcloak and the Dark Trooper project. Because of its mission and the technologies it produced, the Department of Military Research was a top-secret operation that remained viable well after the Battle of Endor. However, with the defeat of Grand Admiral Thrawn, all evidence of the department was lost. New Republic Intelligence investigators believed that the department's employees fled into the Outer Rim, and may have rejoined their former masters as part of the Imperial Remnant.