Imperial General Legal Code

The Empire rules, as you know, millions upon millions of planets. And on these planets, although there is the occasional rogue individual or group, most of the citizens on these planets behave nicely, even quite harmoniously. It is because, like every civilized group in history, a set of laws has been set down for everyone to follow. These rules were designed to make sure that no matter what each person's business was, it didn't interfere with anyone else's. It was also designed so that if one person came to harm in any way as a result of the actions of another, the perpetrator would be extracted from the public for reform, or other necessary punishment. This keeps everybody happy and out of harms way, and makes productive members out of potentially problem people. Most of the time.

You're probably thinking, "Well, as a Rebel, I know the truth." Wrong. The scenario described above exists quite intact in the region of known space called the Core. Taxes are only 2%. The black market deals in babies, not bombs. The communities are content with themselves and their standing with each other. And nobody, NOBODY even thinks a jaded thought about the government. This is not because you have the wrong perspective, and it's not because you are the one being lied to. It's because though the civlilized world developed laws, right along with that they developed propoganda, discrete politics, secret services, and so on. So, the average citizen is actually aware of only about 38% of the government. The other 72% is comprised of the military, hidden departments of Compnor, Imperial Intelligence, etc.

The laws that follow are exercised fairly in a judicial process on people who do not disturb the inner workings of the Empire. But they are mutated into a tool of example on those who think they can play with the Imperial war machine and avoid retaliation. The Empire, as you are no doubt amply aware of, is perfectly capable of capturing a free spirit like you and executing you summarily. But with such an intense social contrast between the Outer Rim and the Core, they know they could make a better example out of you than a corpse. A hailed, public hero freedom-fighter in the Outer Rim becomes a raving, violent, politically fanatic extremist/terrorist in the Core. The battle scars on your face (from the Imperial detention and interrogation), a good quote or two, your uniform and a cute textbook childhood (entirely fabricated, of course) will publicly condemn you. Enjoy.


If you are an experienced GM, you may find this useful, or may in fact have a system such as this already created. Novice GMs may experience difficulty if trying to infuse this into their game fully, and should only use components or water it down a lot. This was made by myself for use in the Star Wars game and was pieced together and altered heavily from a number of similar items found in other games, with the exception of the tables, which are entirely original. Share your comments with me on this and I hope it adds to your game...

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