Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

[Introverted]

I'd say it's an easy spin in the Rebel Alliance's favor. The Galactic Republic was reformed into The Empire in response to corruption and poor policy as well as years of war. Systems traded autonomy for safety and prosperity, but receive nothing of the sort. Why? Because the reforms never addressed the issue, just codified ,solidified, and even expanded the power bases of the corrupt or incompetent that caused the problems in the first place.

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Not really in the Rebel Alliance's favor.

The fact that the Imperial System can work undermines their rhetoric and reinforces the idea that the System can provide safety and prosperity (exhibit A: Minda)

 

[Johnlemmingson]

New republic historian gonna eventually throw a book to people's heads that explain that no, outlier is not the representative of the whole galactic empire full of horror and atrocities.

 

[Pef]

New Republic historian gonna eventually throw a book to people's heads that explain that no, outlier is not the representative of the whole Galactic Empire full of horror and atrocities.

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Or rather, a New Galactic Empire historian will point out that here, is when the seed for normal and civilized society was planted, that eventually resulted in the galaxy waking up.

I mean, it would be like the entire Asia decided they had enough corruption and totalitarian regimes and decided to become part of Singapore.

 

[Yacov]

Or rather, a New Galactic Empire historian will point out that here, is when the seed for normal and civilized society was planted, that eventually resulted in the galaxy waking up.

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Funnily enough an Imperial Remnant led by Las would be one of the few with a prominent civilian section of government. Civilian rule in the Empire technically continues after Endor with the Grand Vizier running things until Coruscant falls in 7ABY. However most Warlords ignored Coruscant in favor of acquiring personal and military power long before then.

Most other realms of Warlords are run as stratocracies with a focus on acquiring more and more ships with little power or even care given to the Civilian sector outside of delegating to oligarchs and corps. For this class of strongmen, the size of your fleet was directly tied to your political power and legitimacy.

Las staying behind a desk and coordinating with civilians, bureaucrats, and politicians while his subordinates control the military is certainly going to be seen as novel. It will also allow him to have a heck of a lot more industrial output than most of his peers due to being a state with an army rather than an army with a state.

At the very least Las won't be leading fleets and invasions from the front and getting killed in battle. That is how a lot of Warlord's big and small meet their end in the post-Endor era. A Warlord's death usually leads to their realm collapsing as there is rarely a Plan B in place.

 

[None of your bee wax!]

Funnily enough an Imperial Remnant led by Las would be one of the few with a prominent civilian section of government. Civilian rule in the Empire technically continues after Endor with the Grand Vizier running things until Coruscant falls in 7ABY. However most Warlords ignored Coruscant in favor of acquiring personal and military power long before then.

Most other realms of Warlords are run as stratocracies with a focus on acquiring more and more ships with little power or even care given to the Civilian sector outside of delegating to oligarchs and corps. For this class of strongmen, the size of your fleet was directly tied to your political power and legitimacy.

Las staying behind a desk and coordinating with civilians and politicians while his subordinates control the military is certainly going to be seen as novel. It will also allow him to have a heck of a lot more industrial output than most of his peers due to being a state with an army rather than an army with a state

At the very least Las won't be leading fleets and invasions from the front and getting killed in battle. That is how a lot of Warlord's big and small meet their end in the post-Endor era. A Warlord's death usually leads to their realm collapsing as there is rarely a Plan B in place.

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Funny how much media misses the point of "war being a resource sink" is part of the Strategy. It doesn`t matter how hard you alpha strike, if its a one-and-done, and the other guy just walks it off.

Grinding others beneath your treads is less important then crushing them underneath you supply convoys.