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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ankh-Morpork Guard" data-source="post: 2080080" data-attributes="member: 10079">It has been ten years since the fall of the Republic. Ten years since the declaration of the Galactic Empire and Emperor Palpatine's New Order. Ten years since the Jedi Order was villainized and all but wiped out. The Clone Wars, the Jedi who fought in them, and the power struggles of the Republic are now dismissed as corrupt foolishness. The Clone Wars were simply a war propogated by the power hungry Jedi Knights, an order as outdated as the corrupt Republic that it made its pawn.To the majority of the galaxy, the Empire is a shining beacon of what the Republic should have been. That is, if you count only the Core Worlds as the majority of the galaxy. The human-centric worlds Core Worlds have not seen the Empire that the rest of the galaxy has. They have not seen the planetary bombardments, enslaving of entire species, or extermination of others...but even if they did, it would be safe to assume that these events would simply be seen as necessary.But on the Mid Rim world of Ord Mantell, the Empire's presence is barely felt. It was never a planet in which a galactic government had much influence. A haven for bounty hunters, smuggler, and mercenaries that don't want to get stuck in Hutt Space, the planet isn't exactly the tourist spot of the galaxy. Its large cities are a sharp contrast to the somewhat barren landscape, and there is little in the way of legal trade that keeps the planet's economy alive.The moderately sized spaceport of Tralin was much like most cities in the more 'civilized' planets in the galaxy. The streets were packed with species of all type moving back and forth from tavern, to bar, to nightclub, to homes. The fact that the planet's lone star had set an hour earlier meant nothing, as the bright lights on the buildings were shining down along all of the streets and squares. And though the buildings didn't tower like those on Coruscant, the larger ones reached a good thirty stories with upper levels connecting some of the buildings to one another. Streets on top of streets.It is also a haven for those who wish not to be found. Where else to hide from bounties than in the thick of things? Hiding out in the open...and though it usually works, these individuals are usually not too much trouble to track down if one goes through the work. And currently, there were two such individuals that had given just a little too much information on their location.The first was a fairly meager bounty, only worth 1,000 credits. The target's name was Eslin Deetron, a middle aged Rodian that had once been a local contact for the Galactic Empire. While the bounty didn't specify what exactly it was that Eslin had done, the Empire didn't put bounties out unless there was a good reason for it. What was said was that the Rodian was an illegal arms dealer(but who wasn't on Ord Mantell...?), and that he was to be taken alive and brough to the nearest Imperial Garrison so that the Empire could...punish him.The second bounty was the real draw, and while it had an Imperial insignia attached to it, it was likely not completely official. It was a small file attache to the bounty for Eslin Deetron, and the only way it had been found was through a few levels of decoding the encryption. While Eslin was wanted for selling illegal weapons, the real target was his supplier. There was no name, description, or anything listed beyond the fact that there was a supplier who likely had connections to the Rebel Alliance. The Empire(or whoever it was within the Empire that solicited the bounty) would pay 5,000 credits for the head of the weapons supplier, and there is even a note that completely shutting down the entire smuggling network which undoubtedly existed would provide an even larger reward.</blockquote>

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