Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

[Argen2]

she was tossed into a backwater.

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A backwater what? Backwater is more of a descriptor when used like that and would need the addition of world.

Scores that she knew were higher than she scored.

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That is a bit.... hmm repetitive maybe? Try Results instead. It makes the sentence sound a lot smoother

 

[Lokabrenna]

Ife is certainly ambitious to think she will be commanding an ISD of all ships when she barely just started commanding a far more advanced Arquitens-class Command Cruiser,

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It's really not as crazy as it seems. There seem to be a whole lot of Star Destroyer Captains in their mid-thirties or so, which is pretty wildly young by irl standards. But it makes a certain sort of sense. The Imperial Navy has been in a constant state of rapid expansion since before it was even the Imperial Navy. They've been building more new ships than they have experienced officers to command them for about 20 years now, since the start of the Clone Wars. As a result, the average age of capital ship captains would have to drop as the Navy accelerates its promotion schedule to ensure they have enough officers of sufficient rank to crew and command all the new ships Kuat's been pumping out. By the time of the Battle of Yavin, it's probably not all that unrealistic for a talented 20-something fresh from the Academy to expect to command a Star Destroyer within a decade or so.

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A backwater what? Backwater is more of a descriptor when used like that and would need the addition of world.

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No, the term "backwater" can also be used as a noun all on its own. When the "what" is self-explanatory, the descriptor itself is enough.

 

[Blackenedthorn]

Zyx is gonna visit her brother and find the little territory he'd carved out for himself, a territory where the Empire is fully supported. Sure there is a rebel cell but they can't do shit without causing an uprising against them, so the Rebels are playing nice and keeping out of trouble.

 

[Sam I Am]

It was abandoned when shield tech, specifically planetary shields, made it obsolete.

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Are Planetary Shields as common as they were however long ago this was in the SW Lore? 'Cause most modern SW stuff I've seen has had shields and the like appear to be some sort of lost Archaeo-tech.

I mean, I know Droidekas and planetary shields exist, but personal shields seem all but forgotten, even though the tech existed in KOTOR, which takes place, like, 4000 years before the movies do? I think?

How expensive is it to get a planetary shield anyway?

 

[AHHGKS]

The star wars spaceships would make delivering food from the farms on the planet to any domed moon cities fairly easy though the governor could also commission the farming corporations to design and build a vertical farming system to use in the domed cities to make them largely self sufficient, at least food wise. If there self sufficient its less paperwork for him to deal with.

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Might also add in some other kelp / plankton / mushroom "farms" which are meant to help breakdown treated(steam sterilized) sewage. Those can then be used as chicken / fish or other animal fodder after being processed to ensure no bacterial/fungal cross contamination occurs. That would also help ensure the orbital/lunar domed cities are closer to self-sufficient food wise. It might even help ensure those orbital/lunar domed settlements have some tradable commodities for passing freighters. Sure it wouldn't be the greatest, but fresh food after a long flight can be a very good inducement to trade there.

TftC!

 

[sxeron10]

Well, Veers is certainly ambitious if she can imagine herself moving up the chain of command.

If anything, she owed much to the Governor by giving her the resource to made a name for herself.

Then again, that's the Imperial propaganda and culture at work.

 

[Introverted]

Are Planetary Shields as common as they were however long ago this was in the SW Lore? 'Cause most modern SW stuff I've seen has had shields and the like appear to be some sort of lost Archaeo-tech.

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Planetary Shields ala Rogue One are very rare and usually restricted.
Shields against planetary bombardment? More Common.

 

[Lokabrenna]

Are Planetary Shields as common as they were however long ago this was in the SW Lore? 'Cause most modern SW stuff I've seen has had shields and the like appear to be some sort of lost Archaeo-tech.

I mean, I know Droidekas and planetary shields exist, but personal shields seem all but forgotten, even though the tech existed in KOTOR, which takes place, like, 4000 years before the movies do? I think?

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No, it's not forgotten. The irl explanation is that Bioware made personal shields super common in KotOR completely randomly, because they thought it would be cool and they didn't care how it messed with the lore. The in-universe reason is that the personal shields being used in the KotOR era had... unfortunate side-effects from prolonged use, which were only discovered some time later. Basically they were a low-level radiation hazard that could render you sterile or even kill you if you used them too much, so they fell out of favor after that time period. They were still around by the time of the films, but they had become something of a niche product that most people were leery of using.

How expensive is it to get a planetary shield anyway?

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For a top-of-the-line modern one which could stand off a full fleet bombardment for months at a time? Very expensive. Still, even moderately well-off worlds appear to be able to afford at least basic planetary shields, so odds were good that any world too poor to have a planetary shield was also too strategically or economically unimportant to be worth attacking most of the time anyway.

 

[Z3r0Sama]

The star wars spaceships would make delivering food from the farms on the planet to any domed moon cities fairly easy though the governor could also commission the farming corporations to design and build a vertical farming system to use in the domed cities to make them largely self sufficient, at least food wise. If there self sufficient its less paperwork for him to deal with.

Spoiler: Vertical farm

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Vertical Farms:Low calorie or expensive produce, pick one.

 

[carbon1923]

For MAC'S the best use would be ground based defence guns, like the one at the end of Reach. On the ground they have access to significantly more power than ship mounted ones, meaning they can be smaller while retaining the stronger impact, plus big hostile ships closer to a planet's atmosphere aren't really able to maneuver.

Too much impact from the atmosphere and gravity, which is likely why Star Fighters are so slow in atmospheres.

 

[Vlaadd17]

Well let's hope Las has a gentler policy for those native primitives on Minda 2 than most Imperials. The Empire and native primitives meeting generally ends badly for the primitives. Plus it gives the Rebels an excuse to move to start rabble rousing in the system by training the primitives to be insurgents.

Except for Endor, good gravy was Endor bad for the Empire's ground forces.

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The place where the scifi space army were utterly destroyed by pillow size gummy bears armed with stones and sticks.... Also, who would have thought, aperantly imperial metal used on walkers could be bend and crushed by trees....

One of the cases of force interference. Force ( plot armor) decided she likes luke and rebels, so the empire is done and rolled one.

 

[stads]

interesting new system of AA
will be fun to see that spread and it being the reason the rebels fail the take down the empire or even the second death star

 

[Jeff]

I love this fic not going to lie this in warhammer 40k would be cool too

 

[SotF]

Not only that, but it's not exactly new technology. Railguns used to be the primary armament of starships in the Star Wars galaxy... about 10,000 years ago. There's got to be a reason that no one uses them anymore, even when it would be much cheaper to do so. And I suspect that reason is a combination of ships being too maneuverable, and particle shield tech simply outpacing the ability of mass drivers to inflict damage on something the scale of a capital ship.

They still make good personal arms though. One of the most famous and expensive pistols/rifles in the galaxy is the Verpine Shatter Gun, which is essentially a Mass Effect-style railgun that fires rice-grain sized projectiles at lethal hypersonic velocities. They are also fairly flexible, with a variety of ammunition types available, including fun little tracker rounds that are essentially just a ball of super-light, dust-like nanites that puff into a small dust-splotch on the target and function as a short-ranged tracking device. Bounty hunters all over the galaxy salivate at the thought of getting their various appendages on a genuine Shatter Gun, even if only the more successful ones can actually afford it.

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I believe that some of the clone wars era capital ships did have railguns as well.

Sevarcos also developed several really nasty slug thrower variants because blasters tended to fail due to various interactions that would wreck them. They got really nasty with them.

You also have things like the spike and needle guns that were developed in various places

 

[Jeff]

What about using actual fighter Jets in atmosphere

 

[SotF]

What about using actual fighter Jets in atmosphere

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You have the legends V-Wing and similar atmospheric craft that popped up.

I have fond memories of the V-Wing from Rogue Squadron with the cluster seeker missiles that were a fuck you and everything in your general direction that's hostile...

 

[Phylonemios]

Damn, there is a future Tanya-level of misunderstanding (when he will explain the reasons why he is not a disappointment anymore) between our Governor and his sister by him expecting to be killed if he fuck up lmao.

Thank you for writing !

 

[swtoring]

Are Planetary Shields as common as they were however long ago this was in the SW Lore? 'Cause most modern SW stuff I've seen has had shields and the like appear to be some sort of lost Archaeo-tech.

I mean, I know Droidekas and planetary shields exist, but personal shields seem all but forgotten, even though the tech existed in KOTOR, which takes place, like, 4000 years before the movies do? I think?

How expensive is it to get a planetary shield anyway?

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Planetary shields are relatively common among the richer worlds due to the fact that they are either one shield generator that covers the entire planet (which means it's powerful, which means it's expensive) or a network of overlapping shield generators (which means there's a lot of them, which means they're expensive)

The explanation regarding the personal shields is that blaster tech became much more advanced leading to the stronger shields being only possible to mount on droids due to the radiation dmg & heat management issues (eg. Hapes personal shields WILL cook you after taking too many shots)

 

[theoretisch cool]

If fuel is so expensive, he should perhaps consider building a refinery for it. He also has an asteroid belt with several dwarf planets. One has the refinery for the ore. Where he could theoretically build cities and factories. A shipyard in the asteroid belt might even be better than on one of the bar worlds. His poor sister. She will soon find out that her beloved brother thinks she is going to kill him. I am looking forward to seeing how it continues. And what his mother thinks of it. We are still a while away from planetary shields. Or from orbital rings. First the water world will probably be colonized. Let's see what resources there are there. (Plasma? Does only Naboo have that, or all water worlds?).

 

[HASB]

Our poor secretary with the incoming arrive of our dear si sister I think her days may be numbered as well as that rebellion cell taking refuge in his system, if our si doesn't clear and "take care" of his secretary his officer might just do it if his sister conveniently leak the rebellion cell location and "active" partisan's

 

[sperance]

Damn, there is a future Tanya-level of misunderstanding (when he will explain the reasons why he is not a disappointment anymore) between our Governor and his sister by him expecting to be killed if he fuck up lmao.

Thank you for writing !

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Is it really a misunderstanding if his sister will 100% kill him if he fucks up? Hell, she'd kill him even if he succeeds if their mother decides he didn't succeed enough or that he succeeded in the wrong way.

 

[SomeCool_HonourableKnight]

It woul be hillarious if the Governor got too much work and decide to screw it an runaway from paperworks. Only to be captured by his sister and forced to double the work.

 

[Fanof1]

A little crack idea that popped into my head.

The I.A sister purges the rebel influence and is then stationed in the local systems /sector to root out rebels.

The mom comes to the system and is there (temporarily) to monitor the construction of Tie Defender factories (and makes up with her son).

Mass rubber ball throwing ensues.

 

[FollowingStars]

I just remembered an idea I've had when it comes to stormtroopers and their armour as anyone with half a brain can tell white armour in any environment without snow is extremely dumb now you could just paint the armour like some of the clones did during the battle of geonosis but then when you move world to world you have to strip the paint then repaint the new camouflage pattern now las doesn't really need to worry about that as even tho he rules a system with him on the defensive he's forces which are garrisoning those world will have their armour paint for the local environment does let to the problem of when you move your forces around they have to strip the paint then repaint the new camouflage pattern for that planet so the solution that I come up with is with Star Wars technology most in importantly their clothing manufacturing technology that they design a machine that makes armour covering that are camouflage and can be quickly applied and removed or changed in seconds allowing a stormtrooper to be ready for any environment in seconds and even with las's forces knowing the environment on a planet means very little when moving 20kms east leads a desert or 50km south is the ocean with sandy beaches or 10kms to the west is a mountain range or most importantly is the fact the you are standing in a planes environment with little tree cover or bush so every bit of protection counts

 

[JoeSystem]

The big problems of any armed force in the Empire are Sith ideology and the Tarkin doctrine. They make any good army into an idiotic self-sabotageing force. Being more scary than actually competent. Fascist style over substance.

Stormtroopers are trained not to take care of their wounded and dying on the battlefield until victory is won. Loyalty and dehumanization of themselves are what are most valued in them. Falseless gonns to die for an old evil madman. It does not create veterans who can learn from experiences and teach what to do and what not to do.

 

[Dalriaden]

whoever might be pulling his strings.

Even if there wasn't anyone, it would be fun to poke around the system. Might be something interesting to find

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RIP random rebel group, you can curse your luck for not being sided with the protagonist.

 

[Doombringer]

I think you got that backwards. It was actually their encounter with a warlord named Vall Kumauri, who used huge warships armed with spinal mass drivers made for planetary bombardment, that lead the Republic to adopt that tech. It was abandoned when shield tech, specifically planetary shields, made it obsolete. A much later conflict with the Waymancy Hollow (which from the sparse lore on them, sound a bit like a cross between Warhammer 40k's Adepta Sororitas and the Adeptus Mechanicus, but minus the prohibition on innovation) lead to the Republic gaining much more powerful and advanced energy weapons, but their own ships were already mostly using them by that point anyway.

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The Waymancy Hollow was what it was called, I forgot! Thanks for that.

Though I didn't know that they were made obsolete before that though.

 

[Nikoli]

Just a warning, the Empire was extremely homophobic and speciest (racist) in Legends to the extent that there were allusions in some books of extermination camps (the authors basically took the premise of a copy paste from Hitler's Final Solution, targeting specific races, ethnic groups, religions, age groups, etc). Not to mention any in the service had to be very careful of any such leanings or sympathies. The ISB really was watching captains and up on a regular basis.

You are probably better off not having too many such references in the POV conversations for several reasons, not to mention it could be a reason your sister has certain discussions with you. That being said good job showing a more realistic breakdown of a galactic society at the micro level.

 

[CoolJacketjack]

However, the speed of the projectiles fired was faster than any blaster bolt. Combined with its power, it could destroy fighters in one shot. Two, if the deflector shields were strong enough. It could even tear through light freighters in a few shots.

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A way to upgrade the new slug thrower turrets in the future to make them more dangerous for fighters and small ships could be to develop some specialised ammunition.

An optional form of ammunition could be some kind of explosive shell for the slug thrower turret to hit ships well above what a normal turbo laser turret could do.

Developing some kind of smart bullet for the slug thrower turrets would be the most effective option as it would enable the turret to counter the manoeuvrability of fighter craft and small ships.

Spoiler: How a smart bullet works

 

[Ragnarokasgard67]

Not only that, but it's not exactly new technology. Railguns used to be the primary armament of starships in the Star Wars galaxy... about 10,000 years ago. There's got to be a reason that no one uses them anymore, even when it would be much cheaper to do so. And I suspect that reason is a combination of ships being too maneuverable, and particle shield tech simply outpacing the ability of mass drivers to inflict damage on something the scale of a capital ship.

They still make good personal arms though. One of the most famous and expensive pistols/rifles in the galaxy is the Verpine Shatter Gun, which is essentially a Mass Effect-style railgun that fires rice-grain sized projectiles at lethal hypersonic velocities. They are also fairly flexible, with a variety of ammunition types available, including fun little tracker rounds that are essentially just a ball of super-light, dust-like nanites that puff into a small dust-splotch on the target and function as a short-ranged tracking device. Bounty hunters all over the galaxy salivate at the thought of getting their various appendages on a genuine Shatter Gun, even if only the more successful ones can actually afford it.

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Except for the fact that a Verp does not bounce. Excellent range toy or assassination weapon. Not so much as a combat rifle