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The Structure of the EmpireThe Empire is still growing. Policies of expansion

established by the Old Republic were never

rescinded, and exploration and now conquest

continues. The Imperial Survey Corps,

scientists and scouts charged with exploring

the galaxy, has seen its funds cut sharply over

the years. Still, a new system is being catalogued

for the Empire every 207 minutes by the understaffed

ISC.Most of the recently surveyed worlds have

remained untouched by Imperial colonization.

The Empire has little use for an expanding frontier.

Frontier settlements offer greater freedom

to Imperial citizens and stretch Imperial forceseven further. That is not in the best interests of

the Empire.

However, an ISC team occasionally turns up

an inhabited world in the process of cataloging.

Inhabited worlds mean taxes and other valuable

Empire, and all must pay some form of tribute to

the New Order. Laws vary from system to system,but the most uniform are the Imperial

Revenue Codes. Under these laws, the burden of

proof is upon the citizen to show that he has met

all of his fiscal obligations to the Empire. Failure

to provide adequate proof is considered an

admission of guilt, penalties for which range

from confiscation of goods to the increasingly

common sentence to labor camps.

By His Own HandLook at the stars. They have been out

there forever, hanging like diamonds upon

the ebony velvet of space.The stars were there when the Old Republic

reached for glory. They waited, turning

their sparkling lights inward when the Republic

reached too far and collapsed from its

own sanctimonious weight. They cheered

when the Senate practically begged Palpatine

to take control of the Council. Then the stars

watched admiringly as the President used

subterfuge, bribery and terror to name himself

Emperor.

And I watched, too.

My name is not important, as all that I amis dwarfed by the bright darkness that is the

Emperor. But I have always been near him, a

servant, a happy slave. It is sufficient enoughfor me to be close to his power, to feel it reach

out to me.

That is all I ask for. That is all I am granted.

The stars. I stare beyond the porthole and

view their glory. They are all his. More glorious

still, they are his by his own hand.

The Emperor.

It has a certain ring to it, that majestic title.

Emperor! The weak Republic had crumbled,

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but the Empire burns with a fire that will

never be quenched. Nothing can destroy the

Emperor's glory or his glorious reign.The Emperor has taught me what others

refuse to believe: the dark forces are strongest.

He knew it all along, even back in those

days when he was a lowly senator. And he has

shared that knowledge with me.

Have you seen ambitious officers betray

their superiors for inconsequential favors?Have you heard the secrets of local governments

and how to bypass their defenses from

the lips of weak-principled functionaries?

Have you known sadistic gangsters, powerhungry

politicians, greedy landlords? Then

you know the truth, too everyone craves

the darkness.The Emperor has simply recognized this

truth. And with recognition comes utilization

for his own aggrandizement. For he is the

black center of the Empire.He is the Emperor. He is the galaxy.

And I, like so many others, are content to

serve in the shadow of his dark fire.

initially offered a place in the New Order, provided

they agree to fall in line with the will of the

Emperor. If a world refuses or reneges on its

oath of allegiance, then the Empire resorts to

military conquest.

Usually the threat implied by the massive

Imperial war machine is enough to inspire unswerving

fealty in even the most independent

worlds.

Citizenry and LawsAH sapient inhabitants of the Empire exceptdroids are considered full citizens. Full

citizens are accorded certain rights under Imperial

law, namely, the right to follow the precepts

of the New Order fully and without question.

Other rights include certain freedoms that in no

way interfere with Imperial doctrines and goals.

Where in the galaxy a citizen is determines

the amount of prohibitions and restrictions governing

his or her daily life. The least restrictive

areas in the galaxy tend to be in the Galactic

Core and in the Outer Rim Territories. Those

areas in between find themselves under the

greatest amount of scrutiny and, therefore, face

the brunt of Imperial authority.AH citizens are subject to the laws of the

doctrines and statutes more in line with Imperialedicts.

Planetary GovernmentsThe Empire has not completely altered the

governments of hundreds of thousands of

worlds. Such a task would be impractical. The

Emperor has left it to his advisors to modify the

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portions of a planetary government, be it government

procedure or members of the ruling

body, to conform to the will of the Empire. Lessthan one planet in 80 has been so modified.

The preferred option is to let a planet run

itself much as it has for years, but maintaining a

visible Imperial presence so that the rulers know

who their ultimate master is. The Empire also

encourages the constituent planets to reform

their own governments to conform to the Imperialmethod. In this way, individual worlds eliminate

laws and freedoms, replacing them with