Major Faction Rumors from the Core

A trio of star destroyers, each bearing Empire markings and transponder codes, has been detected at the edge of the Duro System. The squadron has made no incursions towards the Duros homeworld, and all attempts to hail the ships have been met with silence.

Similar reports of unusual Imperial activity have been noted all across the periphery of Sith-controlled space in the Deep Core, sharing common themes: radio silence, uncharacteristic formations, and the disappearance of civilian vessels straying too close to their path. Various system authorities have broadly warned civilians to stay away, while others have denied their existence altogether.


Consultants, think tanks, mercenaries, and specialists are seeing record-high contracts with corporations that seemed to have appeared practically overnight. Attempts to track these paper trails have led to dead ends: false addresses, empty offices, or confused executives claiming that their corporate tax identities must have been stolen.

What little can be gathered paints a cryptic picture - lucrative contracts provided by unknown benefactors that, speculatively, have something to do with financial activities in the Deep Core.


More than 170,000 personnel records have been decrypted and dumped across hundreds of compromised HoloNet domains. Security experts caution individuals from attempting to access these files, warning that there is "no telling at this time if what we're seeing is a honeypot, a prank, or the real deal."

However, those who have accessed the records will find everything from high-ranking officers to middling operators and field agents tied to various defunct Imperial bureaus and agencies with details such as known aliases, residences, contact information, connected associates, and background checks. The authenticity of this information has yet to be confirmed, despite a frenzy of techno-terrorist groups and slicer alliances all lining up to claim credit for the leak.