Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

[Shane.W]

How many Jedi Knights and Masters are still running around now and what is the chance that they are going to come challenge the Empire's new Sith Apprentice governor or maybe even join Las to turn him away from the dark side?

 

[Crixxis]

That new secretary was competent, but she was new. Darna had proven herself to be competent and trustworthy, this new 'Oioro' has not.

This had the makings of a new threat. One that she would take pleasure in dealing with.

Her fun was just beginning.

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Wait is she talking about the 'infected' or Oioro? Because both sounds very viable for that woman... Or maybe she is thinking about both.

 

[ThedudeManBro]

And no, it's not Thrawn.

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Is it the ever helpful and kindly old man they call Shave Polpatine?

 

[Lokabrenna]

I can't just call the Empire a gaggle of fascist toddlers run by a sadistic pedo(don't think he is, but he sure looks like it).

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I mean, he's not a pedo, but only by the strictest of definitions and slimmest of margins. Look up Roganda Ismaren sometime. Pay special attention to her year of birth, versus Palpatine's, as well as her background. That whole situation is rather... uncomfortable to contemplate.

 

[Qwerty1234]

I'm gunna call it and predict our MC will end up as Ardus Kaine's number 2 when he breaks off and forms the Pentastar Alignment. He'll be equally amazed and baffled that he has somehow earned the respect of other planetary and sector governors, various Mid-High military officers and corporate Execs. The fact he has a Reputation as a Sound and competent administrator, plus his stance on Equal opportunity for aliens would make him the face of Imperial propaganda for tolerance.

 

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The fact he has a Reputation as a Sound and competent administrator, plus his stance on Equal opportunity for aliens would make him the face of Imperial propaganda for tolerance.

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Don't forget about his support of local companies (small & medium sized companies under the umbrella of the guild). He probably would get himself a lot of goodwill from the rim what with all the corpos having such bad rep due to millenia of exploitation

 

[Lokabrenna]

You are right about the Defender being an amazing fighter and a hard counter to the Rebel fighters, but that kind of proves my point since there were obviously better options floating around that they could have used, like what the Rebels were using, and they wouldn't have cost nearly as much to get any use beyond swarm tactics out of.

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Honestly, this is true, but what the rebels were using very much did not fit Imperial fighter doctrine. Meaning they weren't trained in the proper tactics and use of such fighters, their order of battle was not built to support such fighters, and their supply/ordnance network was not set up to maintain such fighters. Sure, those are all very fixable issues, but it would be expensive to switch over to, say, using the T-65 X-Wing as the main Imperial snubfighter. They could have done it. After all, they had the designs, the resources, and the Incom Corporation had already been nationalized. But it wasn't a good fit for what they wanted to do with fighters. Granted, the TIE wasn't really a good fit either, because it wasn't survivable enough, but it worked pretty well in every other way.

What they really needed was to develop a TIE model that kept it's performance, but mounted shields and at least a couple of concussion missiles. That alone would have vastly improved the survival rates of Imperial pilots, who represented a staggering investment of time and resources by the Imperial Academy system, only to be blown out of the sky by random farmboys from the Outer Rim with depressing regularity.

One of the elements of the Imperial Navy that I find interesting, is that there are hints that many of their ships could actually carry vastly more fighters than they usually do, but they instead stick to a smaller standard operating capacity that is far below their actual carrying capacity. Like the Executor-class, for example. Officially, its standard fighter loadout is 144 TIEs. But according to at least one Legends source, the things could actually carry over a thousand TIEs if the Empire chose to max out its hangar usage. And I'm pretty sure that if you removed an ISD's ground assault complement (i.e. all those walkers, tanks, dropships and troop shuttles) and replaced it all with additional TIEs, you could probably double the ISD's fighter/bomber complement. More, if you also used fighters like the Preybird-class (that the Imperial Remnant would eventually use), which cannot use the TIE rack system, but could be parked on the now-open deck space instead.

My pet theory is that the real reason the Empire doesn't maximize its hangar usage is because they are actually chronically short of TIE pilots. Each TIE pilot is chosen from among the best of the recruits the Navy gets, takes 3-4 years to train, costs the Empire hundreds of thousands - possibly into the low millions - of credits each, and after all that, half of them get vaped in their first serious engagement. They spend enormous amounts of money on training the pilots, then massively cheap out on the fighters, which ends up wasting all the resources that went into those pilots. And because they are always short on pilots, they can't ever truly use their swarm-doctrine to the fullest, meaning the TIE's weaknesses are dragging down the entire Navy's effectiveness across the board. But no one can do anything about it because Sienar Fleet Systems has an absolute stranglehold on key elements of the Naval bureaucracy, which keeps their contracts secure and ensures that the Empire's hunger for replacement fighters and bombers will never be truly sated.

 

[Viking_Berzerker]

Yeah but that's the TIE Defender which from my understanding was so heavily modified by the Empire's skunkworks that it can barely be called a TIE. And if I remember right it was so expensive to produce that there were never enough of them to see any real use. You are right about the Defender being an amazing fighter and a hard counter to the Rebel fighters, but that kind of proves my point since there were obviously better options floating around that they could have used, like what the Rebels were using, and they wouldn't have cost nearly as much to get any use beyond swarm tactics out of.
To be fair though, Legends has been ret-conned and changed by different authors so many times that my familiarity with the in-universe TIE history could be way off by now.

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The basic TIE Fighter is so shit because it is designed to be as cheap as possible. It has no shield, no armor, no hyperdrive, no life support. In return it is extremely cheap to manufature and maintain. The TIE Defender on the other hand is topp of the line, cutting edge moddel. It is extremely expensive to the TIE Fighter because it was built to have all the features the TIE Fighter was stripped of. As well as just being Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger than its competition, namely the X-wing.

It should aslo be noted that the TIE line is incredebly modular. This what allows it to have so many variants for different roles and helps immensely with logistics. The TIE DNA is still strong in the TIE Defender.Its better to think of the TIE Fighter as the cheapest version possible and the Defender has the most expensive version, exept for Darth Vaders own TIE moddel.

 

[Princess Magnificent]

I love to say "godspeed" to the one guy in the Empire whose hobby is understanding people's thought patterns by analyzing their cultural particularities

 

[RoyalTwinFangs]

Why not go a in between design in the TIE Avenger? A multi-purposed fighter design in the same ballpark capabilities as the X-Wing?

 

[Rogue-eL]

It likes the metal because it makes a great chew toy but it loves the crystal in it because it has a nice KICK and tangy flavor to it

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"Because of all those lightsabers you keep bringing I am forced to memorized which kyber crystal you like."
:the blue ones are my favorite:
"Yes and the red ones are to tart, gods cat I could have used these braincells to find more ways to waist money and fund these systems."

 

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so am thinking the cave system leads to some riches that the previous leader hid away ?

 

[Yacov]

I was once again back to work, and in a new office at that. I had considered requisitioning an Imperial Planetary Occupation Facility, like the one on Lothal, but thought against it. It's quite expensive, and is something of an eyesore.

Also, I can't fill that thing with people. I literally lack the staff necessary.

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Thank good taste. The IPOF is an eyesore on every frontier world it is put on. I get it is supposed to "promote Imperial values", but it just doesn't fit with the rest of the planet's architecture and sticks out like a sore thumb. It just makes the population feel oppressed rather than safe.

Sure, the buildings that surrounded the Imperial center were luxurious and tall, but only a few blocks after that was where the slums started. No real middle class to speak of.

I'd have to fix that before it started causing problems.

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Edin citizenry: "The new governor is tearing down our homes! He probably wants to put us in slave camps as revenge!"

Las: "I just want to build you guys some nice cheap apartments with proper plumbing Force darn it!"

The office I was in was…gaudy, to say the least. Twice as large as my own office, there were valuables scattered about. And gold. So much gold. Gold isn't even that valuable, he just wanted to feel rich.

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Las' first impression of the "Standard Imperial Governor" style is that it is tacky and overdone. Proving once again his good taste and the heart of a soulless bureaucrat.

Her name was Brocso'ior'ovinor, and went by Oioro. I also didn't trust her at all. I mean, a Chiss? As I understood it, Chiss were rare outside of the Unknown Regions, and Thrawn is only out here because of the Yuuzhan Vong and all that. Meaning, any Imperial Chiss is for sure a fucking spy.

Worst part? She's actually fucking competent, meaning I can't even complain about her performance and fire her, cause I really need a good secretary.

Just gonna have to quintuple check my secret messages and shit beforehand.

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I mean, is her reporting to the Chiss Ascendancy really that big a deal? They're not really a hostile power and as long as she's competent and her loyalties don't affect her performance or the Sector's security it's probably fine.

Oioro looks up, scans it with her PDA, then shakes her head. "No, sir, it was a custom piece and likely has no valu-" I cut her off by pulling out my Vindicator and firing four shots through the painting.

The K-3 Vindicator was a hefty heavy blaster pistol, its chunkier barrel giving it an extra kick.

Whoever was behind the wall certainly felt it too, a yelp of pain emanating before a silence filled the room.

Not two seconds after I fired, my security busted into the room, scanning the room for threats.

"Behind the painting, there's someone who shouldn't be there. Deal with them." I say, nodding my head towards the painting while I holster my blaster.

They comply, dragging out the body of a duros. They were equipped with a scattergun, clearly hoping to deal with me up close and personal.

Again I turn towards Oioro, ignoring her now slightly wider eyes.

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Sitting down in the lounge, I make sure I look presentable, and remove my helmet, Oioro giving me a look that reminded me she had never seen me without it.

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Even funnier between dealing with the assassin and the massive burn scars, Oioro probably has a very incorrect assumption of her new boss. She probably thinks Las is an ex-Imperial Operative given a cushy retirement after being wounded in an op.

If she is a spy that is going to send her paranoia through the roof. Especially once Las starts using unslicable paperwork and very thorough security protocols.

While a part of me wants the Governor to be force sensitive himself, I can't deny that it'd be a hilarious misunderstanding for someone to think, with his new drip and apparent force powers, that he's actually a Sith.

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I mean, with the suit, and the apparent force awareness, I imagine the Ghost crew will be wondering how an Inquisitor got in charge of and Edin.

so am thinking the cave system leads to some riches that the previous leader hid away ?

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Given how the caves are filled with apparently failed test subjects. It either is just a dumping ground, or it leads to a wrecked facility where they got loose and killed everybody. The facility might have some goodies depending how much the owner decided to splurge or how much the subjects decided to wreck it.

 

[Qwerty1234]

Don't forget about his support of local companies (small & medium sized companies under the umbrella of the guild). He probably would get himself a lot of goodwill from the rim what with all the corpos having such bad rep due to millenia of exploitation

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I'm also hoping the Author goes with a more realistic take on what the New Republic was like. A literal Hot Mess, that fell righto back into the problems from before the Empire. Given the number of threats coming down the pipeline, the galaxy needs a strong centralised state. Plus, watching the Warlords, the ascendant Rebel Alliance and the numerous other political factions and smaller star nations and species based polities all vie for our MC's backing or support will make for a great story.

 

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I'm also hoping the Author goes with a more realistic take on what the New Republic was like. A literal Hot Mess, that fell righto back into the problems from before the Empire. Given the number of threats coming down the pipeline, the galaxy needs a strong centralised state. Plus, watching the Warlords, the ascendant Rebel Alliance and the numerous other political factions and smaller star nations and species based polities all vie for our MC's backing or support will make for a great story.

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As someone mentioned above i think the MC might become Ardus Kaine's 2nd in command & heir to what will be the Pentastar Alignment, his location is very well suited for it too, Minda can be his capital, Edin his blacksite system or fallback location (since i doubt many would like to move in) & the fact it's at the end of a hyperlane will help with security while Clok can become a fortress world or shipyard or both so that his capital will not be vulnerable & reduce the damage in case of a betrayal from a warlord who might be making use of his facilities under some sort of agreement

 

[Mistroz]

Excellent chapter.

 

[MisterMisplay]

There's two kinds of cat people: those that talk cutesy to their cat, and those that talk shit to their cat.

 

[Aeroeng]

Can I point out that the Tie/ln is comparable to a police cruiser or Humvee, while the Tie-Interceptor is a MRAP or a SWAT van, and the Tie-Defender is a APC or Tank.

 

[NegaBotMD]

that it can barely be called a TIE

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TIE are called such because of Twin Ion Engines.
Everything build around the Twin Ion Engines core can, and should, be called a TIE no matter how ridiculous they look.
Ironically, many of the fan projects have clearly more engines, which means they're not TIEs no matter how similar they look to the original.
If you want to be super pedantic you could maybe design something with Triple Ion Engines, and still call it TIE even if it would not be the part of the original family.

 

[Abramus5250]

Our MC needs to be careful about how competent he is. Never mind that one weird reporter asking about him dating one/all of his subordinates, his steady rise is going to attract all kinds of political attention seeking political or even marriage ties with a clearly competent and rising Imperial. Big corpos, planetary nobility, political dynasties that survives the Clone Wars, you name it and there's going to be representatives coming a'knocking. God forbid if a Senator wants to marry his sister or daughter to the guy, that's not just a political minefield, that could be a political D-Day for our poor MC.

So long as Palps, Vader, Mara Jade or inquisitors don't show up he should be relatively fine. If Marek exists/shows up stuff will be destroyed, guaranteed.

On a funnier note, at this rate we could fast forward however many decades to the Vong showing up and MC's region of space is not only incredibly prosperous, it's as heavily fortified as 40k's Sol solar system.

"I didn't mean to break their entire invasion force on my borders! It just happened!"

'Amused meow'

"Oh shut up you magic space cat."

 

[ShadowFireZelda]

So how did he become force sensitive

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Pretty sure it's Mugwuffin that is force sensitive and just constantly sharing the things it senses lol. That or Mugwuffin likes him because of his force sensitivity AND the BBQ and is constantly 'training' him by communicating.

 

[Inbredmartian]

Honestly the more I think I'm this the more hilarious it gets, this is after all like the US canceling the F-35 and NGAD design after getting working prototypes and all the kinks worked out and some Air Force general going to one city in Brazil and dropping it onto their desk going "you make a great F-16 retrofit package so here's every scrap of data and design doc you could ever want so just keep working on this for me Kay. I'll come back with the funding to open a plant for this someday. Peace!"

 

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On a funnier note, at this rate we could fast forward however many decades to the Vong showing up and MC's region of space is not only incredibly prosperous, it's as heavily fortified as 40k's Sol solar system.

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Since Myto sector is one of their invasion paths in legends i bet they would consider it a point of honour to annihilate MC's forces after getting beaten the first time, slowly escalating into bigger and bigger invasions with them eventually just saying "you know what, fuck this" after suffering enough losses and just leaving a token force to guard the path to the rest of their territory in a silent understanding of "we don't fuck with you, you don't fuck with us" but without actually agreeing upon it since negotiations are conducted between equals and the vong have no equals

It would then lead to the MC sodomizing the vong supply lines & liberating the entirety of the galactic north before getting crowned Emperor at the end of the day since everyone who would object to it would either be too dead to do so (since all the imperial leadership from before Endor would have killed each other, leaving MC as the sole survivor of the old empire's ruling elite) or a filthy powerless rebel (seeing as the NR fumbled so bad they would probably try to push the peace negotiations HARD to attempt to gain some sort of political capital, especially to deny the HERO OF THE IMPERIUM his rightful glory of a victorious duel with the Supreme Overlord of the Vong after he issued his challange to the 1v1 with a line that went down in history like so many of his quotes did ... "do it or no balls")

 

[Orangeduke38]

"Your willingness to expand and innovate is a quality I find of great importance. Recently, my bid for funds to continue a project I have been championing has failed, due to other projects vying for the credits and the main factory of said project going up in flames just a few days ago. While I no longer have the backing of the Empire's monetary reserves to fulfill my ambitions, you might."

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If you could get Thrawn to sign off on the idea of selling Clone Wars surplus to Imperial colonies in the Outer Rim and directing the funds to R&D everyone would benefit.

 

[MorbiIIionaire]

you know what's massive

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[Morkail]

It's the cat doing something

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The force likes to have its own fun, but ya the cat fucking did something.

Question is will this remain like the tree cat and honor paring from the honor verse? Or we will eventually find him floating paper work to him self in his office with out him even noticing.

Also is his character going to he wearing a mask as standard now?

 

[Enthessi]

The fuckigy space cat rat thing. I swear it's probably some sort of minor force god or something and decided that Las is amusing enough to follow around.

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There was the Father, the Mother, the Son and Daughter and most dangerous of all their Cat.

 

[MrInfinity]

There was the Father, the Mother, the Son and Daughter and most dangerous of all their Cat.

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*Chef's Kiss* Perfect!

 

[Enthessi]

I've been looking through fantasy cats for awhile now I admit to figure out if anything is like good ol Mugwuffin. Anybody notice that Muggy is pretty damn similar to a gyrinx from WH40k? Which is kinda worrying all things considered lol.

 

[Lokabrenna]

Why not go a in between design in the TIE Avenger? A multi-purposed fighter design in the same ballpark capabilities as the X-Wing?

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It's actually supposed to be quite a bit superior to the X-Wing in the lore. The TIE Interceptor was designed to be able to outclass the X-Wing in terms of performance, and it does, by kind of a lot. And the TIE Avenger outclasses the Interceptor in multiple ways, meaning it is very much better than the X-Wing. As for why they don't use it, take a look at the price tag. It's actually 100,000 credits more expensive per unit than the Defender is.

As a price reference, the standard TIE runs about 60,000 credits each, the Interceptor comes in at about 75,000 credits each, the TIE Bomber costs about 150,000 credits each (about the same as the X-Wing), the TIE Defender costs 300,000 credits each, and the Avenger comes in at a whopping 400,000 credits a piece, making it by far the most expensive TIE model, even when you compare it to the First Order TIEs that we have price numbers for.

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I've been looking through fantasy cats for awhile now I admit to figure out if anything is like good ol Mugwuffin. Anybody notice that Muggy is pretty damn similar to a gyrinx from WH40k? Which is kinda worrying all things considered lol.

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The only cat-like thing that has similar intelligence and abilities that I can think of would be the Treecats from David Weber's Honorverse novels. They're six-legged sentient felines with telepathy that have the ability to psychically bond with humans if their personalities align properly, becoming companions for life (literally, since bonded Treecats almost always die if their bonded human dies).