10,557
edits
Valcarian Imperial Republic: Difference between revisions
m
updated link
m (→The Structure of the Empire: changed link name) |
m (updated link) |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
{{Valcaria}} | {{Valcaria}} | ||
The Valcarian Imperial Republic consists of hundreds of worlds caught in the iron grip of tyranny. Using overwhelming armies and vast navies, the Empire instituted a reign of terror among the disheartened and enslaved planets. No world, no system, no species is immune to the terrible machinations of the Imperial Order. | The '''Valcarian Imperial Republic''' consists of hundreds of worlds caught in the iron grip of tyranny. Using overwhelming armies and vast navies, the Empire instituted a reign of terror among the disheartened and enslaved planets. No world, no system, no species is immune to the terrible machinations of the Imperial Order. | ||
But the region was not always such a dark and foreboding place. Once there was a good and pure government on the world of [[Valcaria]] known as the Valcarian Republic. Into this utopia, however, there appeared unscrupulous individuals who thirsted for wealth, power, and domination. Slowly, cunningly, they destroyed the Republic from within, creating the evil and corrupt Empire. | But the region was not always such a dark and foreboding place. Once there was a good and pure government on the world of [[Valcaria]] known as the Valcarian Republic. Into this utopia, however, there appeared unscrupulous individuals who thirsted for wealth, power, and domination. Slowly, cunningly, they destroyed the Republic from within, creating the evil and corrupt Empire. | ||
| Line 50: | Line 50: | ||
However, an ISC team occasionally turns up an inhabited world in the process of cataloguing. Inhabited worlds mean taxes and other valuable resources for the Empire. These worlds are 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. | However, an ISC team occasionally turns up an inhabited world in the process of cataloguing. Inhabited worlds mean taxes and other valuable resources for the Empire. These worlds are 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. | ||
All sentient inhabitants of the Empire - except [[ | All sentient inhabitants of the Empire - except [[rolf]]s - are considered citizens. [[Valcarian]]s are considered full citizens, and any other species are second-class citizenry. 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 empire a citizen is determines the amount of prohibitions and restrictions governing his or her daily life. All citizens are subject to the laws of the Empire, and all must pay some form of tribute. 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 had 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 of labor camp internment. | Where in the empire a citizen is determines the amount of prohibitions and restrictions governing his or her daily life. All citizens are subject to the laws of the Empire, and all must pay some form of tribute. 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 had 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 of labor camp internment. | ||