The First Der'kal Empire, also known as the First Empire, was the first empire that was created by the Der'kal in the 23rd century. Palpatine ruled the galaxy for 90 years, from 2230 to 2320, Palpatine died of old age in 2320. Thus ending his reign of the glaxay and the First Der'kal Empire after 90 years of terror. Following the Empire's defeat in 2320, surviving loyalists, technocrats, and military leaders fled to the galaxy's Beta Quadrant, to form the Der'kal Empire in 2330, a military junta based on the ideals of the Old Empire as per the Emperor's posthumous contingency plan.