Ilay
- "They came from the Galactic Empire's side of the border, but they're not friends of the Empire. They call themselves the Rebel Alliance and they seek to embroil us in their struggle to overthrow Emperor Palpatine. Speaking as the leader of my clan, I oppose the Airam Council's decision to ally with the Rebels. We have little to gain and much to lose in joining a war against the Empire. The Rebels are weak and in retreat; their victories have been minor and chiefly symbolic. We long ago learned to avoid Imperial warships because of a few unpleasant incidents, and this has been an easy thing to do because they have so rarely entered our territory. Yet now we know they will come looking for the Rebels. And we know how they deal with those who aid the Rebels. We owe our success to two things: Isolation, independence and utter ruthlessness. Oh, three things!"
- ―Ilay
Ilay was a clan leader of the Airam. Unlike most of her rival clan leaders, Ilay believed being affiliated with the Rebellion was a serious mistake, and negotiated a peace settlement with the Galactic Empire instead.
She eventually met with Admiral Senn's forces in her CR90 corvette Magua in the Aiquin 4 system despite being pursued by rival Airam forces (which were driven off by Imperial forces). Admiral Senn promised her that she would be governor of the entire Airam sector, should the Rebels be driven out and the sector come under Imperial rule. In return she leaked information to the Empire about a planned exchange of rebel weapons for Airam bacta near Elbra. This subsequently led to the capture of the rebel Medium Transport Hoopaju (carrying weapons) and the Airam Modular conveyor Pobel by forces from ISD Rage while the escorting Airam Muurian transport Lod was destroyed. She also revealed the location of an upcoming Rebel/Airam resupply operation in the Kuras Drift and even went so far to send her own forces to assist the Empire in an (albeit unsuccessful) strike mission against that resupply operation.
After the battle in the Kuras Drift, Ilay came for another meeting to keep her settlement with the Empire. This time she traveled to Aiquin 4 aboard the Dreadnaught-class heavy cruiser Kala'din. The Rebels had learned of this meeting, however, and managed to kidnap her in a surprise attack. Through interrogation it was then revealed that she had sold conscripts and warheads to the Empire. The Rebels stopped the attempt to resupply the Imperials. The Airam conscripts later confirmed that they were to undergo basic flight training aboard the Star Dreadnaught and then sent on suicide missions against the Alliance forces in the sector. The large supply of warheads provided by Ilay would have proven lethal to the Rebels in such missions.
The Battle of Nocto that concluded the Imperial campaign against the rebels and their Airam allies soon afterward.