Heh, that never occurred to me, but you're probably right. IIRC, Thrawn was conducting diplomacy whilst C'Boath was on Wayland (Coruscant) recruiting then he was moved into diplomacy himself - this would of been a few hundred days in, which fits the description of what happened to me. As C'Boath replaces the Emperor, is the "seat of power" ability hardcoded into the game? When I move C'Boath to and from Wayland (Coruscant) I didn't notice any messages saying he had returned as occurs with Palpatine so there is a chance it's not - forgive my ignorance concerning editing Rebellion. Assuming others dislike this feature as I do, what solutions are there? I suppose all Remnant characters could be given +50% leadership, so that C'Boath leaving Wayland doesn't adversely effect them - C'Boath returning to Wayland could be marked as a "Force Channelling" sort of thing, where is it explained that C'Boath's force coordination technique is more effective on Wayland due to the dark side aura etc (forgive me, my memory of the Thrawn era is vague - I think I'm right in thinking C'Boath used the force to help in battles?). The problem with this is that in such a situation the Remnant's characters would have ridiculously strong leadership. Another "fix" could be making C'Boath a minor character (would fit - did he do much recruiting in the books?) and then installing a new major character for the Empire; perhaps Palleon. A major, major "fix" could be entirely swapping the Remnant and NR sides over - ie the Remnant take the slot of the Alliance and the NR takes the slot of the Empire in the original game. This would make plenty of sense, as now Mon Mothma would be the character with the Leadership bonus, which is fine as she's the leader of the NR and would be expected to stay on Coruscant. I think this is far too big a "fix" to undertake for this issue, but hey, it might work!