Strength of the Imperial Remnant

[NRS Guardian]

Some controlled sectors or even oversectors, and were capable of building, maintaining, or stealing SSDs. Also, when the warlords united under Thrawn the Empire controlled 1/4 of the galaxy and had a fleet about on par with the NR.

[NRS Guardian]

Also, everyone is forgetting the Empire of the Hand which when you take TUF and SQ together it implies that the IR and the EoH might unite. Also, in TUF it is implied that the Vong-captured worlds near the IR could be handed over if the IR takes responsibility for recapturing and rebuilding them.
The reason people think the IR expanded during the peace is because, the HoT duology implies that if any world in the NR wanted to join the IR after the peace the NR couldn't stop them, because it would be unconstitutional.

[The Original Nex]

Thanks for the info. One more question, how powerful were the post-Endor warlords?

At any given time the Empire itself plus the ex-Imperial Warlords controlled more than half the galaxy until the fall of Coruscant, when the Empire proper began to steadily lose territory.

[The Original Nex]

Also, everyone is forgetting the Empire of the Hand which when you take TUF and SQ together it implies that the IR and the EoH might unite. Also, in TUF it is implied that the Vong-captured worlds near the IR could be handed over if the IR takes responsibility for recapturing and rebuilding them.
The reason people think the IR expanded during the peace is because, the HoT duology implies that if any world in the NR wanted to join the IR after the peace the NR couldn't stop them, because it would be unconstitutional.

It seems more likely from "Force Heretic" that the EotH merged with the Chiss Ascendency. In FHII, Csilla is in political unrest and there are various factions pitted against eachother. Their government is also structured differently in FH than it was in SQ.

[Admiral Bravo]

Thanks for all of the info.

[Gorefiend]

As well as Harbringer, the MonCal SSD equivilant.

In which novel was that one? Seems like ages since I read the NJO.

[Lord Pounder]

The exact quote was:

"Have you taken even a cursory look at what we're working with here?" He gestured out the viewport at the Preybirds, disappearing now beneath the edge of the Chimaera's hull as they headed for the star destroyer's hangar. "Look at them, Captain. SoroSuub Preybirds. We're reduced toe Sorosuub Preybirds."
"There's nothing wrong with the Preybirds, sir," Ardiff said stubbornly. "They're a quite capable midsize starfighter."
"The point is that they're not being manufactured by the Empire," Pellaeon said. "They're being scrounged from who knows where -- probably some fringe pirate or mercenary gang. And they're being scrounged precisely because we're down to a single major shipyard and it can't keep up with demand for capital ships, let alone starfighters."

I take it to mean the IR had extreemly limited resources to put to production of *anything*. Given how Starfighters are a tiny resource hog compared to capital ships in production terms, I take it to mean they just don't have the production capacity (at least at this point in time) to do more then really maintain the fleet.

Though I think in Force Heritic II, when the Imperial Navy regroups at Yaga Minor, they note that there are a few capital ships in construction docks undergoing final engine tests.

They also note that the shipyard is far too small to contain the entire fleet at one time...though the 'fleet' was nowhere near 200 ISD's + thousands of support ships.

Yes, but that was during the war. Before the treaty.

After the treaty, between Vision of the Future and NJO, the Empire did some serious rebuilding.

Also the Pirates Moff Dissra was doing business gave the Preybird Production line to the Imperials. That aside by the time of the NJO the Defender seems to be the standard fighter of the Imperial Fleet.

[The Original Nex]

The exact quote was:
I take it to mean the IR had extreemly limited resources to put to production of *anything*. Given how Starfighters are a tiny resource hog compared to capital ships in production terms, I take it to mean they just don't have the production capacity (at least at this point in time) to do more then really maintain the fleet.

Though I think in Force Heritic II, when the Imperial Navy regroups at Yaga Minor, they note that there are a few capital ships in construction docks undergoing final engine tests.

They also note that the shipyard is far too small to contain the entire fleet at one time...though the 'fleet' was nowhere near 200 ISD's + thousands of support ships.

Yes, but that was during the war. Before the treaty.

After the treaty, between Vision of the Future and NJO, the Empire did some serious rebuilding.

Also the Pirates Moff Dissra was doing business gave the Preybird Production line to the Imperials. That aside by the time of the NJO the Defender seems to be the standard fighter of the Imperial Fleet.

I'd say Interceptors are the main fighters, as TIE/lns are considered old and used only as training fighters (ref. FH1), however, some Imperial TIEs were also said to employ missile weapons, meaning they must be later generation TIEs like TIE Avengers and TIE Defenders. The TIE Defenders presence on a mere Interdictor in FP suggests that they are getting more and more common.