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The galaxy has known empires in the past: systems and fiefdoms of space controlled by ambitious autocrats. All pale in comparison to the New Order that Palpatine built from the Republic's rotted foundations. During his ascent, some spoke of the remembered glories of empires past, of the Kitel Phard Dynasty that united the Atrisian system ages ago, or of Empress Teta's unification of the Koros system. These wistful recollections never foretold the despotic turn the Empire took
Palpatine disbanded the senate during the Galactic Civil War, citing the Rebellion as an emergency situation that required direct intervention. He formally handed over power to regional governors and sector moffs -- roles these power-hungry officials had already been enjoying for years under his rule.
To ensure control over the populace, the Empire dismantled the galaxy-spanning HoloNet. With this public forum of information exchange now in the hands of the military, the Emperor was able to funnel the immense taxation revenue required to keep the HoloNet active into building his war machine. Furthermore, Imperial control of free information ensured that only the New Order agenda propagated throughout the galaxy, and dissenting voices were all but silenced.
Immense corporations aided and abetted the Empire's rise, in exchange for unprecedented freedom of operation. Many of these companies were nationalized -- Imperialized -- in the process, resulting in a huge influx of capital resources for the Empire.
The results of the military buildup soon became apparent, as the first Imperial-class Star Destroyers lumbered out of the Kuat Drive Yards. This was just the start, as new and more potent weapons of war and subjugation were developed by the Emperor's cronies. Upon suggestion of Grand Moff Tarkin, a ruthless governor, the Empire adopted its "doctrine of fear." Rather than expend the resources required to subjugate every planet in the galaxy, the Empire would instead make visible its power in one potent display that could be targeted towards any treasonous world. Fear would keep the systems in line, posited Tarkin. The outcome of his vision was a terrifying era of superweapon development, the first of which was the Death Star project. Legacies of this mindset included such weapons of war as the Tarkin, the second Death Star, the World Devastators, the Sun Crusher and the Galaxy Gun.
The Empire's structure was a bewildering array of crossed authorities, all ultimately answerable to Palpatine himself. This ensured that only Palpatine could speak with absolute authority, while his underlings carefully watched their words and actions. The Imperial advisors and COMPNOR (the Coalition for the Preservation of the New Order) effectively controlled the massive Imperial bureaucracy. The Imperial moffs and grand moffs wielded authority over their sectors and regions, including control of the military in their various areas of influence. The local systems governors reported directly to their moffs, and had control of all Imperial forces garrisoned within their system. Imperial Intelligence reported directly to the Emperor, as well as to specific sector moffs.
The Emperor had devised his perfect vision of government with himself as Supreme Ruler of the galaxy. However, he also designed a system that could not function effectively without him. Through the Force, his dark will drove the Imperial starfleet, unifying it in combat, and through his political machinations, he created a system that left no obvious heir to the Empire. As a result, the Empire splintered after Endor, breaking apart into smaller groups that warred amongst themselves in bids for power.
Time and again self-proclaimed Imperial leaders attempted to reign in the chaos. First, remnants of the Empire under the command of Dark Lady Lumiya allied themselves with the invading alien forces. This group was eventually dispersed, or absorbed into other groups. The head of Imperial Intelligence, Ysanne Isard, attempted to consolidate rule over the disparate factions of the Empire, but was ultimately defeated. Then came such warlords as Trioculus, Admiral Zsinj, Admiral Teradoc, and the last remaining Grand Admiral, the Chiss alien named Thrawn.
Thrawn was perhaps the most successful, being able to reclaim much of the territory lost to the New Republic in his campaign to retake the Core. Thrawn ultimately failed, but his victory spurred on other Imperial factions that staged a violent and clumsy attack on Coruscant.
The New Republic was pushed off the capital world, but much of the beautiful city-planet was devastated in the strike. The Imperials again splintered, and Coruscant became the battleground of the Imperial Civil War. After having reclaimed so much, internecine struggle again hobbled the Empire's bid for dominance.
Into this messy fray emerged an unexpected foe -- the resurrected Emperor Palpatine. Having kept his twisted dark side spirit alive through the Force, Palpatine entered a waiting clone body, and retook control of his dark Empire from a staging ground hidden deep within the Galactic Core. Palpatine, inflicted with the ravages of the dark side and succumbing to clone madness, nonetheless wreaked terrible havoc on the galaxy, becoming the New Republic's greatest threat. His ailing health and sanity, coupled with betrayal, ended his scourge.
The Empire continued after him, a pale shadow of its former self. Having expended great resources in the cloned Emperor's campaign, the Empire continued to dwindle while the New Republic welcomed ever more member worlds into their government.
Populist movements sprang forth, adopting the name and agenda of the Empire, but none truly compared to the New Order at its height. A former Imperial Procurator of Justice, Lord Hethrir, led what he called the Empire Reborn. These radical movements were all quashed by the efforts of the New Republic.
Fifteen years after the defeat of Endor, the Imperial Remnant controlled a scant few worlds that preferred to efficiencies of New Order policy. To maintain this way of life, the Remnant's commander, Admiral Pellaeon, signed an historic peace treaty with the New Republic, thus formally ending decades of civil war.
Nineteen years into the New Republic's rule, the Empire enjoyed a noteworthy resurgence. New Imperial leaders crafted an ersatz Emperor Palpatine to ensure the cooperation of Imperial loyalists. The so-called Second Imperium paled in comparison to the Empire of old, but its greatest strength lay in a Shadow Academy of new Dark Jedi initiates. This Academy went head to head with the Jedi Academy of Master Luke Skywalker. The Second Imperium failed its first major assault against the New Republic and the Jedi, and today remains a historic footnote and an unpleasant reminder of past tyrannies.
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