We're a year after the Nagai "invasion", which kinda bounced because instead of a barely defended Manalore system, there was a couple thousand fighters with anti-shipping missiles loaded flying out to meet them. Some swift diplomacy, followed by a relocation effort, and the Protectorate welcomed a new Nagai colony into it's fold.
We're going to be skipping quickly through some years, having an adventure here and there around a key event, until Thrawn hits. Then we're in trouble, because Wayland in right in the middle of Roche, Mandalore and Shili, all key worlds in the Protectorate.