IMPERIAL CENTER
THE CORE
THE OFFICE OF THE GRAND VIZIER
THE CORE
THE OFFICE OF THE GRAND VIZIER
Shannic sat, breathing lightly, attendants moving around her with quiet discipline. One adjusted a strand of hair that had slipped from beneath her headpiece. Age had thinned it, yet her presence remained immovable. She reviewed the prompt on the hovering display, the words rising line by line. The statement had been written and rewritten. It was short. It was precise. It carried intent. She motioned them away, staring down the holo-cams that were en mass pointed towards her visage. The Imperial Emblem appeared across the screens of those watching. She appeared before the billions that called the Empire and the Core 'home'.
A chapter in galactic history has concluded. The Alliance and its Senate, once immense in influence and reach, has stepped away from the stage. Its absence leaves a silence that some will find daunting. Where others see uncertainty, we see possibility. The sheer scale of its legacy makes its abandonment all the more striking.
The Empire continues its work. We govern with clarity. We invest. We protect. Our citizens may look to the coming days with assurance, knowing their future rests not upon shifting coalitions or fragile agreements, but upon institutions that honour their trust.
There were moments when the price of safeguarding that future was heavy. We accepted those costs without hesitation, knowing that strength is not measured by the tools we hold, but by the resolve with which we act. The Empire has always chosen endurance over spectacle.
When corruption is confronted, when decisions are guided by purpose instead of noise, life improves. Our pride does not rest upon another power’s departure. It rests upon what becomes possible for our people.
For what is strength, if not the courage to act when others hesitate?
The galaxy has space to breathe again. We intend to fill that space with stability, opportunity and peace.
Long Live the Emperor
Long Live the Empire
Long Live the Empire
The final line scrolled clear. She let the silence settle. Let others reminisce about weapons and wars. She dealt only in outcomes.
