Meet The GIR

[Klesta]

Yula had the occasion to actually conduct another interview as a SI journalist. She never had much of a chance to do that much; she described her Sith training as tedium more than anything else, with the few flying lessons she could take part in being the less tedious moments of it all. Even though, in Commonwealth territory, and also on Cerea and Eisenwelt, the Sith Inquisitor has rapidly become their preferred source of information about Sith movements and activity, it was still considered a tabloid to the eyes of many in the northeast. Yet, somehow, the Sith Inquisitor was considered highly accurate among the people who didn't quite like them, especially those who used to be considered Light Sith across the galaxy. Or even Jedi to an extent. Now, she sets out to find out whether the Galactic Imperial Regulators would actually fight other Sith, such as the Sith Order and whichever Sith happens to fight alongside the Black Tie Syndicate, who had to endure two disastrous campaigns on Christophsis and Alexandria, roughly a few weeks apart...

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Dear [member="Lanoitan Draugria"],

Even though the Galactic Imperial Regulators remain largely unknown to the greater galaxy, the Sith Inquisitor issues an invitation to an informative interview We at the Sith Inquisitor wish to cover things that most media outlets will miss. Don't worry about the Sith Inquisitor's relationship with the Sith: it is not affiliated with the Sith Order in any shape or form. Please let us know what works for you.

Best wishes,
The Sith Inquisitor journalistic staff

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[Lanoitan Draugria]

He had received an invitation to do an interview with some news outlet called The Sith Inquisitor, a good few days into the GIR being founded. True, he didn't know who these people were, but was happy to talk with them

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Dear Sith Inquisitor,
Although I have no true Idea on who you people are, and if you are even that well known of a news outlet yourself, I am happy to do an interview. I will be on my way, if not already there by the time this transmission gets to you. I will be arriving in my ship, The Final Offer, and I will have my troops come along as well. Do not be frightened by the stormtrooper armor, or the Carrack Class Frigate with Imperial Paint on it. This is my personal troop of the Galactic Imperial Regulators, and my own personal craft. I also do not care wither you are associated with the Sith or not, as I have trained myself in powers of the Dark Side, and of Lightsaber Combat. I am A Besalisk, so do not let the size of both my height or weight be of an intimidating factor. I hope to speak to you all soon.
Signed, Admiral Lanoitan Draugria
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Soon after this transmission was sent, he had The Final Offer be ready to leave, and within the hour, he left Lok to meet [member="Yula Knezevic"], and the others at the Sith Inquisitor, by following the signal and source of the transmission, he'd soon meet those behind the Sith Inquisitor.

 

[Klesta]

[member="Lanoitan Draugria"] following the signal and source of the transmission would lead the Final Offer to Alexandria's Sith Inquisitor office. The GIR may be complete unknowns to that area of the galaxy, so the Commonwealth space patrols will be a little suspicious at first, but, if the GIR was mainly a police force, they would have no problems claiming that they were hunting for BTS holdouts, especially after what happened a few weeks ago on Alexandria. Speaking of which he may not be the most familiar with the areas surrounding its capital, where the attack occurred. She was relieved that Lanoitan had no real issues with the Sith, although she had the impression that a Besalisk would dwarf her. But Yula didn't fiddle her thumbs: she decided to sift through the résumés of the prospective journalists for the Alexandria office; clearly the Alexandria residents are making it worth installing a satellite office (with the resulting separate edition once released) if only a rather small one. When said Besalisk was due to arrive, she went at the main entrance of said Alexandria satellite office.

 

[Lanoitan Draugria]

Lanoitan soon touched down at the Sith Inquisitor Offices, after getting past the Commonwealth law enforcement, and immediately marching over to [member="Yula Knezevic"], Lanoitan Draugria gives a bow to her in respect.

"Greetings, Ma'am...I am Admiral Lanoitan Draugria, Head and founder of the Galactic Imperial Regulators...I was invited to have an interview with someone here."

He shook her hand, a grin on his face as he introduced himself, as he told her about the invitation he received back on Lok. He assumed she was in a position of command, due to the way she carried herself, and her posture as he talked to her.

 

[Klesta]

"Welcome, admiral"

[member="Lanoitan Draugria"] is being led into one of the conference rooms of the Alexandria offices. Here they swept right in front of the newsroom, which was empty for now because the hiring process for journalists was in its early stages, but it was designed for 8 journalists. For the journalists that had the unpleasant memories of Ziost, they had to make sure that there actually were going to be a conference room to hold interviews with selected people at. Also outfitted with a recording mechanism so that everything that could be said within its confines, under closed doors, could be transcribed. In a secure, encrypted with a 512-bit system. Which means that the doors have to be opened for the occupants of the conference room not to feel recorded: it also facilitated the taking of minutes in meetings held in that particular room. Unfortunately, because the premises were designed for normal humans in mind, the Besalisk had to lower his head not to bang it against the ceiling. Once he arrived in the conference room...

"Have a seat" she told the towering Besalisk. "Now, if I may begin, the Galactic Imperial Regulators are a little-known group doing policing across the galaxy. What areas of law enforcement do the GIR specialize in? Anti-piracy/smuggling? Counter-terrorism? Crisis intervention? Or is it more of a generalist police force?"

 

[Lanoitan Draugria]

"Well...You started off quick. The Galactic Imperial Regulators are more than just a policing group. We are also a support faction, giving troops, vehicles, and resources to assist larger factions in attempting Domination of difficult locations, and of defending worlds that are being attacked by a super power that they cannot defend against."

He and the troops walked in and sat down, Lanoitan having to duck his head to get into the room, now explaining to [member="Yula Knezevic"] what GIR did, in the Galaxy.

 

[Klesta]

If they operate as a generalist police force, then they would fight criminal factions. But, among the non-criminal factions, often there are ideological questions involved. How are they to set priorities as to where they intervene? she thought. She knew that no faction that is, to Commonwealth intelligence, describes as mostly unknown to the rest of the galaxy (the [Third] Confederacy was just that and it was much more notorious for its final moments more than even Stalgasin) had the resources to be in a lot of different locations, so they could be at most as strong as the CIS was when it collapsed. They could at most intervene in three or four locations at once with anything beyond rapid-response teams, which is the staple of law enforcement. In fact, no law enforcement agency could operate without a proper set of rapid-response teams, with each squad car (in the case of ground). [member="Lanoitan Draugria"] may have a different conception of what to prioritize vs. Commonwealth protocol or rebel cells.

"The GIR cannot be everywhere at once. How does the GIR command place priorities as to who to help out (or hunt down, in the case of criminals), and which resources to allocate? What kind of resources does the GIR have beyond rapid-response teams?"

 

[Lanoitan Draugria]

"Due to our small Size at the moment, We only go to those who ask for our assistance, but when we grow bigger, we will go and assist planets and governments that are not only allied with GIR, but also those who are in a situation precarious enough that it gets our attention. GIR is also meant to supply worlds of other, larger governments that cannot place their own troops on their border worlds, for any reason. GIR's resources are currently being built up, thanks to certain governments like the Techno Union, or the First Order, along with standard issue armor, heavy armor, vehicles and ships from Meran Mechanics that is in association with GIR. With some hopeful partnership with The First Order, we'll assist them with taking over planets, and other situations, along with being a split off part of the First Order, in due time."

He'd be answering her questions rather easily, going through everything that he wanted to, so then she got every possible detail. [member="Yula Knezevic"]

 

[Klesta]

The First Order... they may have helped wiping out the BTS on Alexandria, then again, given the current size of the GIR, parties susceptible to request assistance to them are likely to ask for a limited level of assistance. Like a party that requests specialized asisstance to respond to a specific threat. Then again, she knew that, while most law enforcement agencies spread their manpower across many small-sized rapid-response teams, these are things that most governments would have for the provision of basic security services. Perhaps [member="Lanoitan Draugria"] is talking about stuff on the level of the GA's Strategic Intelligence Service (SIS), or the First Order's Ubiqtorate, which are usually given the more troublesome law enforcement jobs. Yet, a police force would hunt down criminals regardless of Force-alignment; a police force that wishes to do more than simply hunt criminals down will run into the problem of Force-alignment for that portion. Some factions will be staunchly anti-Sith, others will be anti-Jedi, others still will be neutral (either by welcoming both with varying degrees of openness, or by being prejudiced against both).

"Because the Force-alignment of factions often seem to be a significant security deal in the galaxy, it is likely that some factions would request your assistance for dealing with renegade elements of Force-cults. What is your stance on Jedi and Sith? Or, more generally, light-siders and dark-siders (outside of law enforcement)?"

 

[Lanoitan Draugria]

"But of course. There will be obviously some Force Aligned faction that requires our assistance, Sith or Jedi. I see both side of the Force as just diff rent forms of believing in the same belief. Thus, both Jedi, Sith, and Greys are able to be recruited into the GIR, in their own sections of rank."

He kept answering her questions, wondering if her last question had anything to do with the lightclubs he walked in with, since he was technically Force Sensitive. He ignored this gut feeling that she didn't like him being a Force User, still answering [member="Yula Knezevic"] every time she asked a question.

 

[Klesta]

"How do you intend to enter a partnership with the First Order?"

Not that Yula minded that [member="Lanoitan Draugria"] was a Force-user, just that the readers wanted the truth about the Galactic Imperial Regulators. Many among the readership considered the stance on Force-users of a given group an item of security relevance. Even though there's still some people who wouldn't be able to tell the difference, more and more people were able to do so. But their Force-neutrality was an asset, as it could be a liability: she could readily see some of the rapid-response teams tailored to the Force-alignment of the members, if there are any Force-users on them. A galaxy-wide police force would need to be at least neutral to as many major factions as possible. Just that entering a partnership with the First Order may cause a problem with the Galactic Alliance, if it was done while these two factions are still at war with each other. Then again, the Kaeshana campaign was the big clash between the two, and neither side appears ready to go on the offensive again for the time being.

 

[Lanoitan Draugria]

"We Intend to have this partnership workout as out HQ being used as a First Order outpost...and that is all I am at liberty to say, due to the sensitive situation that is as hand with the First Order negotiations. I plan to keep the plans they have with using our HQ for the first order a top secret operation...or at least the details of what is to be done."

He didn't want to ruin the chances of being Allies with the First Order, so he doesn't talk much about the plans with GIR and the First Order. [member="Yula Knezevic"]

 

[Klesta]

"Thank you for your time"

While she can understand that [member="Lanoitan Draugria"] is cautious when it comes to the GIR's dealings with the First Order and with other factions, especially with the First Order being at war with the Galactic Alliance. Then again, the GA had little policing needs that the Galactic Alliance Guard (GAG) or Strategic Intelligence Service (SIS) couldn't do. I can't tell the readers that they are going to be overtly supporting/supported by the First Order. What I could say, however, is that they could open a new station in First Order space, with the details to be left for further negotiations, she thought. Even though the newspaper will soon expand to daily publication frequency, this carries implications for the content: less junk-food news about gossip, craze news or show business (in relative terms; even though it still makes an effort to cover current events, and especially its coverage of the Black Tie Syndicate on Alexandria, although, to be fair, Kaeshana was released the week prior), and more substantive content.