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SIMBALIST & TERRY CHEESMAN ILLUSTRATED BY JAMES FLETCHER 2 CO NT E NTS A Clear and Present Danger .............................................. -3 The Extent of the Imperium............................................... 3 The Imperial Economy .................................................. 4 Early History of the Azuriach Colonies ....................................... -4 Richard Ower: Evil Genius of Empire ......................................... 5 The Doctrine of Human Supremacy .......................................... 7 The Rise of the Imperium ............................................... -9 Imperial Citizenship ................................................... 9 Visitors to the Imperium ................................................ 13 The Azuriach Imperial State .............................................. 14 The Ministers-General ................................................. 14 The Imperial Armed Forces .............................................. 15 The Other Ministries .................................................. 16 The Imperial Governors ................................................ 17 The Human Supremacy Party ............................................. 18 Shaping the Azuriach Youth .............................................. 20 Controlling the Masses ................................................. 20 The Imperial Home Sector: Alphabetical Listing of Sector Starsystems ..................... 22 Imperial StarShip Service ............................................... 22 StarShip Service Route Map .............................................. 23 Planetary Descriptions (Alphabetical) ........................................ 25 Sample file U.S. COPYRIGHT NOTICE Copyright 1984 Edward E . Simbalist and Terry Cheesman All rights to this book are reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner what- soever without permission. except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews . Interior illustrations are copyright 1984 by James Fletcher . All rights reserved. For information contact: Fantasy Games Unlimited Inc., P.0.Box 182. Roslyn. New York 11576 3 The Azuriach Imperium A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER An Address to the Grand Assembly of the Federation by Kraig Robert people, the predestined masters of the known universe. St. Vincent; Fleet Admiral, Ret'd., Representative of Britannia, Sol- arian Starsector, September 22nd 2583. Federation Journal of the Assern bl y ,2583 -49.22.A4. To this I answer that the Imperials mistake completely the nature and resolve of those who form this glorious association of races, The Feder- Mr. Speaker: ation is not Terra. The Federation is 496 member worlds and 3977 colonies and protectorates with 600 billion sentient beings and 512 It is an ancient and honored adage of military science that a solider races. We have come together in peace, but we are not weak. I am would be wise to know his enemy well. As an old solider, I have com proud to admit that Terra was weak when my race stood alone. I am to know one of the enemies of the Federation very well indeed. proud to proclaim that the strongest and finest thing my race ever did was to create the Federation, which has become our collective strength In the 373 years of its existence, the Azuriach Imperium has been in To resist such abominations as the Azuriach Imperium. And that Feder- a state of continuous and unremitting war against its neighbors. By its ation has proved that it is anything but weak. We have been beset by own reckoning, the Imperium has annihilated the populations of 243 enemies; we have always prevailed over them. That we do not chose to worlds and has reduced to virtual slavery the peoples of more than employ force except in self-defense and in defense of worlds which 1000 others! The Imperium itself is a nation organized for war. The have placed themselves under our protection should not be interpeted Imperium social order is highly regimented throughout, with all kivi- as anything except a resolute and unfailing determination to live by lian' agencies, institutions,and enterprises serving as auxiliaries for the those rights and freedoms and principles upon which our association vast military establishment which is, for all intents and purposes, the of races is founded. Imperium itself. The Imperium leadership is very ambitious but also dangerously competent. The citizenry are disciplined and loyal ad- This the Imperials cannot understand. It shall fall upon the Armed herents of the Auzriach Supremacy Party and are prepared to make Forces of the Federation to teach them a hard lesson. great sacifices to establish the galactic hegemony of the Imperium and its so-called 'Master Race.' The Subjugated peoples of the Imperium are The Imperium must be destroyed! Over the years in this august Assem- fearful and obedient. Few having the courage to show active rebellion bly I have earned the nickname of "Cato"St. Vincent. But I know the in the face of Auzriach rule by terror. The Armed Forces are among the Enemy and, like Cat0 of old who rose daily and ended every speech on finest in the known galaxy, with excellent training, equipment. and whatever subject with a demand that the Roman Senate act to destroy morale. The Imperium cannot be discounted as an adversary, and its the Carthaginian foe, I also serve the nation and will not rest until the record is filled with illustrious examples of the bravery of its troops and peril to the Federation is elimated. The Imperium must be destroyed. the superlative tactical skill of its officers. The Federation will not be the one to initiate that war, but by all the Powers that be in this vast universe, the Federation will finish it once That is the face of the Enemy. Make no mistake. The Imperials are and for all time! The Imperium must be destroyed, and the time for committed to no less than the total subjugation of all worlds and all debate is over. people everywhere. Their ambition knows no bounds. And the Imper- ials have long recognized that the greatest obstacle to their plans for Excerpts fromTHE AZURIACH IMPERIUM: PROFILE OF MILI- galactic conquest has been and always will be the Federation. Who in TARY STATE; edited by Alisair K. Valasareon, Fleet Captain, BRlNT this assembly doubts that Imperial policies have always aimedSample at the Office file of Strategic Studies; BRlNT Briefing Manual BBM/OSS 1792. destruction of the Federation? AI1 present here know full well that the A14.C, edition of 2583. fall of the Federation would mark the beginning of the Darkest Age in the histories of all our races. A clear and present danger now exists that the Federation and all its The Imperium is concentrated in a block of 12 starsectors which allies will soon be engaged in a bitter war with the Imperium. It will be center upon Deneb: NN. 16. +800 and +1000, NN.17.- +800 and all-out war 'to the knife,' a conflict so vast in its destrutiveness and +1000, NN.18. +800 and +1000, MM.16. +800 and +1000, MM.17. scale of operations that it will dwarf any interstellar conflict fought in +800 and +1000, and MM.18. +800 and +1000. Within this volume of the rememberance of any of our races. The fate of the known galaxy some 96,000,000cubic light years the Imperium is unchallenged and will be at stake. The ghosts of a hundred billion victims of ferocious maintaining total control over all known inhabited worlds. The 12 Imperial aggression and genocide bear mute witness to the bloody Imperial Provinces contain an average of 52 inhabited planets each, for fate that awaits us if the Federation should be defeated. a total of 624 worlds with a population of 165 billions, of which 14% human stock. Most humans are converted to the doctrine of Human Here in this Assembly are represented the member races of the Feder- Supremacy and should be regarded as basically loyal to and supportive ation. We have been nutured under the Covenant to hold mutual under- of the Imperium and all for which it stands. standing and tolerance to be among the highest civicvirtues. Under the Covenant and the Character of Federation, we respect and defend the There are also 17 Starsectors classed as Imperial Military Prefectures, inalienable rights of all intelligent beings to enjoy life, freedom, and in