Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

[OrderedOrb]

I think we may have found a modern Imperial Stormtrooper Vader would actually consider competent.

Vader: Why does that lucky bastard in the Myto Sector get all the good ones?

Imperial Officer: ........Lord Vader, I'm standing right here.

Vader: I know what I said.

 

[MrInfinity69]

Las has with his Stormtrooper Academies reforms put into motion a set of events that can only end up in him being declared by the Mandalorians as 'Mandalor the Bureaucrat'!

 

[EzordCyborg45]

If this is the standard for the Stormtrooper corp in the Myto sector, one has to wonder how competent the Navy personnel are going to be. With newly designed ships from the Minda shipyards reducing the amount of waste space onboard and increasing the coverage of the guns. Could be one of the most competent navies after Endor.

 

[Wratus]

Damn, what kinda of training bonuses is Las's academies giving to his PDF to impress a mandalorian?

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The Mindan PDF or Militia are trained and lead by "retired" Clone Trooper Veterans so all of them meets the standards set for troopers of the SWTOR era, while pretty much everywhere else except a few academies goes for bare minimum or core world Judicials standards which aren't bad but it ain't good either.

High chance of Moff Mola's other system having the same standards for their PDF as he probably transferred some of the Clone trainers over there.

And it's an even higher chance of our dear Moff making all the personnel in charge of the basic training in the new Academies retired Clone Troopers veterans, alongside veteran Stormtroopers for the best results when it comes to the future Myto sector armed forces.

 

[PersonablePlatypus]

A telescopic sight? On an E11? I thought those were the blaster equivalent of carbines/smgs meant more for urban combat?

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No sights I'm afraid - the stock portion of a rifle rests on the shoulder and stabilizes recoil spread… through I doubt that matters all that much with plasma casters ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Anyhow: telescopic stocks allow for adjustment to rest the carbine comfortably instead of any way it fits. AFAIK a world of difference for something so minor in the grand scheme of the Empire.

 

[Yacov]

Opening up his personal PDA, an unmarked one, he checked HAVEN operative numbers in that subsector. They had a few, and he quickly assigned one to investigate. He didn't trust the normal Imperial investigators.

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Ah look at him, maneuvering around standard Imperial protocols. He is learning.

Thorne had been an ISB agent for nearly a decade, and he'd never had a colleague who truly cared about, well, anything that wasn't advancement. They'd capture rebels and smile at the prospect of advancement. But not at the capture of terrorists.

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Truly says a lot about the ISB and how "effective" their propaganda is at creating patriots.

But when Thorne and Darna saw the recordings of recently freed slaves, she smiled. It was a small thing, but it had been more genuine than any expression he'd ever seen on a colleague's face.

And that scared him. Because Thorne liked to think he cared. He was entirely devoted to the Empire and its Emperor, of course. It was simply that many within the system were ineffective, bumbling fools, corrupting the vision of the New Order!

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Someone: Expresses genuine emotion

ISB agent: "What is going on with your face and voice?"

But did he care? Has he ever truly cared? He didn't know, and that scared him. How could he call himself a true Imperial if he'd never cared for its people?

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Poor guy drank the kool aid while everyone else was drinking wine.

While on the train, he noticed multiple people watching the candidate videos from the night before. It helped that candidates only got to campaign on Imperial holo-sites, being given a set amount of equal time. No posters, advertisements or more. Just videos on individual topics, weekly debates, that kind of thing. If nothing else, it made choosing a candidate easier.

Finally, he made it to the voting center, and groaned in frustration. The place was packed, with lines stretching out the door. He knew the governor insisted on voting being done in person, to avoid slicers manipulating things, but that didn't mean it wasn't annoying.

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Republic politicians screech in horror at one of their greatest fears: an active and engaged voter base

Yet, in the back of his skull he knew something was wrong. He'd heard that the number of Stormtroopers was increasing galaxy wide. The propaganda said it was an 'influx of patriots!' but was it? Or were standards dropping?

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Eventually, the turrets were brought down, having killed none and only injuring a single trooper. The Arven and the others poured into the breached walls, LECA's already ahead of them, shoulder mounted blasters tearing apart all they could see.

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If anything, I am pretty sure standards for Myto Stormtroopers are improving.

 

[Hadrian.Caeser]

What does the empire do with Mandalorian iron? Also, did anyone salvage the death stars? The rare materials alone should be worth it. Do Mandalorians adopt children in their new living space? It would allow them to grow pretty fast in a decade or two.

 

[Felius]

Truly says a lot about the ISB and how "effective" their propaganda is at creating patriots.

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Being fair, it's not all that rare for those actually producing and spreading the propaganda to not actually believe in it. Easier to invent shit from whole cloth, in direct opposition to what they see and do, when they know they are being disingenuous lying sacks of shit, instead of having to engage massive rationalization, double think, and so forth.

 

[Wratus]

The Mindan PDF or Militia are trained and lead by "retired" Clone Trooper Veterans so all of them meets the standards set for troopers of the SWTOR era, while pretty much everywhere else except a few academies goes for bare minimum or core world Judicials standards which aren't bad but it ain't good either.

High chance of Moff Mola's other system having the same standards for their PDF as he probably transferred some of the Clone trainers over there.

And it's an even higher chance of our dear Moff making all the personnel in charge of the basic training in the new Academies retired Clone Troopers veterans, alongside veteran Stormtroopers for the best results when it comes to the future Myto sector armed forces.

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Now that i have had time to think about it i also hope Moff Mola get's some retired Naval and Starfighter clones to take up teaching instructor positions in his future academies as well since doing so would mean all levels of knowledge dissemination are filled with Veterans, which would make it so that the academies should be able to rival the Anaxes War College, Coruscant Royal Imperial Academy, Prefsbelt IV Imperial Naval Academy, Carida Academy, Raithal Academy, Corulag Military Academy, Imperial Academy of Mandalore and Arkanis Academy.

Plus it would be funny in the future when the strongest Imperial Remnant Warlord faction is filled with officers and elite troopers trained by what can ostensibly be called Republic nostalgics or sympathizers but true Imperial loyalists, they basically miss the Republic lack of oppressiveness but truly believe in the Imperial promise order and stability which the Myto-sector is clearly delivering thanks to Moff Mola and is slowly spreading into the rest of the oversector thanks to Mola's Imperial Guild.

 

[MinionNumberQ]

Thorne struggling with the contrast between Las' relatively equal meritocracy where the people in charge actually care somewhat, and the Empire which is increasingly showing themselves to by not as good as it says.

Plus it would be funny in the future when the strongest Imperial Remnant Warlord faction is filled with officers and elite troopers trained by what can ostensibly be called Republic nostalgics or sympathizers but true Imperial loyalists, they basically miss the Republic lack of oppressiveness but truly believe in the Imperial promise order and stability which the Myto-sector is clearly delivering thanks to Moff Mola and is slowly spreading into the rest of the oversector thanks to Mola's Imperial Guild.

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"The Empire needs to go, but the Republic wasn't much better. They're both ass."

 

[RageKnight]

And as Ritrati dragged him out of the compound, badgering him with questions, he couldn't help but feel as though his squadmates were laughing at him from behind their helmets.

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Your new nickname is now casanova or quick shot. Pick your embarrassment.

 

[Heidao]

There goes Thorne, unintentionally forming a second ISB through HAVEN. His bosses up the totem pole will just gloat that one of "their" boys had already established a proper ISB cell compared to the others, ignorantly letting a new faction grow in their umbrella.

All of the people really tasting that freedom and managed democracy. The worlds are safe, criminals and pirates are crushed as soon as possible, only living "Core World Problems" like zoning laws instead. Life is good

Congrats trooper, you just got a blue skinned, pink haired, muscled, Mando mommy. Your bunk mates will totally be jealous

 

[Kilvanya]

This is peak, and it actually got me to take the plunge and legit buy Starfield (discounted. Of course) so I can mod it with the Star Wars overhaul.

Your story is so good it actually got someone to BUY Starfield. Ruminate on that gem.

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Hey at least you get to experience it with the new space overhaul and all the QoL shit to start with

 

[AldariSiradla]

Yes, Thorne...
Doubt and see.
You have better prospects and purpose here~

 

[Felius]

Congrats trooper, you just got a blue skinned, pink haired, muscled, Mando mommy. Your bunk mates will totally be jealous

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Also tease him mercilessly about it, from multiple angles, but that's a given, and comes mostly from a place of fondness, friendship, and massive levels of envy.

 

[Freefaller]

This is peak, and it actually got me to take the plunge and legit buy Starfield (discounted. Of course) so I can mod it with the Star Wars overhaul.

Your story is so good it actually got someone to BUY Starfield. Ruminate on that gem.

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Wow. I am so sorry. Please, seek psychiatric help as soon as possible. I will pray for you in the meantime.

 

[Psychic_Duck]

Las has with his Stormtrooper Academies reforms put into motion a set of events that can only end up in him being declared by the Mandalorians as 'Mandalor the Bureaucrat'!

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KEK I want this to happen so bad, it will be hilarious, not only will our boy be Emperor but also the Mandalore, I wonder what other titles he's going to get thrust upon him? He's going to be the Settra of Star Wars.

 

[PepeDeLosPalotes]

Tftc

 

[Yacov]

Omake: Elicitor Class System Transport

Production Information

Manufacturer:

• Primitech Solutions (Subsidiary of the Guild of Commerce, Production and Protection)
• Guild affiliated primitive civilizations

Model: Elicitor Class System Transport

Type: Transport

Cost: 70,000 Credits

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Technical Specifications

Megalight per hour: 40 MGLT

Engine unit(s):

• 4 reusable and refillable rocket boosters
• retrorockets

Hyperdrive: none

Shielding: none

Power:

• Nuclear fission reactor
• 2 deployable solar collectors

Hull: Titanium Hull

Armament: 3 light flak guns

Crew: 8

Passengers: 3

Cargo Capacity: 500 tons

Life Support: equipped

Consumables: 4 months

Other systems:

• Landing claws
• Magnetically sealed beds and seats

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Usage

Availability:

• Licensed

Role:

• intrasystem transport
• Initial commercial and logistical space fleet for newly space capable civilizations

Affiliation:

• Atomic and Information level civilizations
• Museums

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Description

"Why did you build this museum piece?" - Myrthos upon seeing an Elicitor.

The Elicitor is an odd sight when exiting the hyperlanes. An archaic design stripped of commonplace comforts such as antigravity and nuclear fusion. It has nonetheless become an increasingly common sight as the workhorse for many mid-uplift worlds across the Myto sector.

Development

"Look we already have our hands full just with Vylos. It is going to take ages to uplift every single civilization we come across enough to fully integrate and utilize repulsorlift and ion engine technology. To say nothing of getting them to work on hyperdrives without outside assistance. Let's just design something the Atomics and Infos can use to get around their home system themselves in the meantime to lessen the load on the Empire and the Guild." - Myto Sector Committee on Civilization Integration discussing the logistical concerns of fulfilling their mandate.

The Myto sector, like most Outer Rim sectors, contains a wide variety of civilizations of every technology level. In the early ABYs the new sector government began a series of programs designed to standardize and bring these worlds closer in line with Imperial standards.

Unfortunately these efforts quickly ran into difficulties. Some worlds contained Fringers and colonists who while uneducated, descended from societies that contained a galactic level knowledge base. The foundation was there and enough certain terms and theories allowed those worlds to be brought up to speed quickly enough.

The real problem came with civilizations in the sector that had never even seen so much as a repulsorlift prior to the Empire's arrival. Efforts to educate these primitive populations have been slow going even with information level civilizations. Projections estimated it would take at minimum years to decades before these civilizations as a whole reached a space technology level in matters such as heavy engineering and power generation.

This has led to an increased logistical load on the sector's naval resources. Ever more Imperial Navy and Guild personnel were being dedicated to accomplish minor tasks such as flying a cargo shuttle to deliver development aid to a remote town. Attempting to raise a nascent logistics fleet for every pre-space level civilization in the sector solely composed and serviced by non-native personnel was deemed too costly by the sector government.

Faced with a problem of trying to crew ships on worlds with an undereducated population, a proposal was put forth to design a ship out of entirely atomic level technology. Such a vessel would be built using principles the native civilization could understand while utilizing millennia of incremental advancements by the wider galaxy. As a bonus, native space programs and infrastructure could be more easily converted into servicing such a vessel rather than more advanced ships. This would do nothing to help civilizations below the atomic level, but the estimated savings in ship and maintenance personnel was deemed sufficient to give the project the go ahead.

Design

"Worry not my citizens! We will no longer be completely dependent on offworlders to maintain our interplanetary empire! I give you… the Elicitor! - King Fergulon of Orzwar II addressing his citizens' complaints by presenting a new "locally built" starship.

Designing what would become the Elicitor started more as an archival study than a procurement process. Libraries, museums, and historical societies were scoured for how to build an efficient and easy to maintain pre-space level starship. People from professors and forum design theorists were called upon for information relatively freely for a ship design project, given the archaic nature of the project.

The Elicitor was constructed out of simple alloys able to be manufactured in low tech industry. Parts and components were kept as simplistic as possible for even the electronics and computers. The lack of advanced technologies left the Elicitor without otherwise standard safety features such as a shield generator and artificial gravity. To ensure the capability of reliable atmospheric entry and exit, the hull was strengthened as best as the design specifications could allow. All these choices resulted in a vessel that could be maintained and even manufactured entirely in primitive planetside facilities with some instruction and supervision. Although it is significantly easier and faster to build an Elicitor in modern space shipyards, it was hard to secure priority in those places for such an archaic design.

The Hardcell-class interstellar transport proved invaluable for providing a modern example of how to use rocket thrusters as the main propulsion system. The Elicitor's thrusters were made to be as easily reused and refilled as possible so that even primitive starport facilities should be able to do it. The chemical makeup of the fuel mixture was kept to what could be commonly sourced or easily synthesized from most planets. High capacity collector coils were installed to keep the hazardous emissions to a minimum.

A lack of artificially generated gravity led to some additions to compensate. The Elicitor was advised to maintain a constant thrust to simulate a gravitational pull. Should that not be possible the crew's beds and seats came with heavy duty straps and could be made magnetic to secure their forms should the speed of the ship fluctuate. Ensuring a capability of rest, if not comfort. Sentients who have slept aboard an Elicitor described the experience as "trying to fall asleep with a heavy weighted blanket after a full sprint".

Power generation utilized similarly outdated methods in the form of a nuclear fission reactor. Emphasis was placed on reliability and ruggedness given the nature of the component. The reactor is contained in a separate room that contains an ejection system in case of an emergency. Two solar collectors can be deployed to provide minimal power until rescue in case of reactor ejection. Maintenance is heavily encouraged to be conducted only at a planetside facility and with properly licensed personnel present.

For armaments an Elicitor had three simplistic light flak guns manually controlled individually from its respective weapons station. These weapons were simpler to produce and their ammunition was made of common metal alloys and chemical propellants. They were mostly intended for destroying minor obstacles like small asteroids and mynocks. Magazine size and ammo storage were kept intentionally small to reduce incentive to use Elicitors as combat vessels. If forced into an engagement, a standard Elicitor could last one, maybe two quick fights before running out of ammo.

Reception

"Please note, attaching missile launchers of any kind will invalidate the warranty on your Elicitor. The ship is not designed to fire intercontinental ballistic missiles meant for planetside use." - Line in the official Elicitor owner's manual.

A majority of the Elicitor's sales were predictably among "developing" planetary governments around the Myto sector with rudimentary spaceflight capabilities. Most would frustratingly admit the Elicitor was better than their native designs in both refinement and capability. Adoption became more enthusiastic once the Empire announced development aid would be put towards the creation of "Atavist Logistics Fleets" that replaced their native designs with the Elicitor. Once registered, these local logistics fleets and their maintenance facilities were subsidized by the sector government as long as they took contracts supporting the interplanetary logistics of local governments and passed periodic inspections.

Users of the Elicitor found it to be about as agile as a rock. The lack of antigravity was a detriment to crew comfort to say the least. Constant thrust mitigated the stresses on the crew, but also tended to force travel routes to go in straight lines and be difficult to alter. Trips were often kept to neighboring planets and their moons. Cargo capacity was sufficient for supplying outposts and small colonies, which tended to be the limit most Information level civilizations were capable of.

Combat wise the Elicitor could fight in a battle and theoretically have a chance of scoring a kill against a more modern civilian ship. It certainly won't be standing up to proper capital ships, but expand the ammo stores, add a rack of dumb fire missiles, and it could frighten off a few starfighters or a civilian freighter with some luck. However any combat focused modifications were heavily discouraged by Imperial authorities who encouraged reliance on Imperial and Guild protection while keeping the Elicitor's focus on the development of the owner's civilization. This only discouraged the practice, it did not halt it completely.

Conclusion

"That was the least comfortable flight I have ever had, and you guys do this on the regular?" - Guild observer sent evaluate the performance of an Elicitor's native crew.

Some would deride the Elicitor as an outdated design built to pander to primitives unworthy of the wider galaxy's time. Yet for those civilizations not caught up with the rest of the galaxy, the Elicitor is often their first real foray into reliable space travel. Not a nail biting attempt with flimsy cabins, tape, and a prayer, but something that can turn the fantastical miracle into mundane routine. The ability to travel between world under their own power and not as a passenger or cargo. A crucial step to breaking these sentients out of their shells and on the way to becoming true galactic citizens.

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The Elicitor was a challenge for myself to design something a "primitive" civilization could produce and field in Star Wars. Before they figure out the more fantastical technologies like on demand artificial gravity, blasters, and shield generators. I wanted to make something you could give to space programs on Earth in the 1980s and generally have them understand how it works. The result was not too terrible by my standards in terms of performance.

It is mostly assumed that civilizations either know or can purchase these highly complex technologies ready to use. However I imagine actually attempting to fully bring your civilization into the Space tech level and implementing those technologies into your society could get a bit more complicated. So the Elicitor is a stopgap that they didn't have to rely on offworld specialists every time a screw needed to be tightened, which would be useful while the civilization plays catchup on the tech tree.

Crossposted on SB and SV

 

[Deathwings]

It is mostly assumed that civilizations either know or can purchase these highly complex technologies ready to use. However I imagine actually attempting to fully bring your civilization into the Space tech level and implementing those technologies into your society could get a bit more complicated. So the Elicitor is a stopgap that they didn't have to rely on offworld specialists every time a screw needed to be tightened, which would be useful while the civilization plays catchup on the tech tree.

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A problem compounded by the fact that The Power That Be, be it the Corpoes or the Core, are usually keen to keep such planets as ignorant as possible to make exploiting them all the easier.

 

[zack1224]

Thanks for the chapter