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Imperial Archives
Leader	Deputy Director Serena Moon
Foundation Date	Year 9 Day 175
Type	Information Database
Professions	Galactic Documentation
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Motto	"Scientia, Ordo, Potestas." - ("Knowledge, Order, Power.")
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Affiliation	Galactic Empire COMPNOR Coalition for Progress Department of Culture Imperial Information Service

"History is not about embracing the past, it is about conquering the future."

— Lasidious von Feldure

The Imperial Archives is a large facility situated on Coruscant. It contains a multitude of corridors and rooms, several of which are public research areas containing info-consoles and archaic documents for public use. The Archives also contains a public database that can be accessed anywhere in the Galaxy.

Overview

The Archives is a fathomless collection of ancient knowledge and research dating back thousands of years, the Archives serves as a repository for journals and artefacts and is open at all hours to all Imperials citizens in need of information. The Archives also contains several vaults of varying degrees of security. The main vault is perhaps the most heavily guarded room in the Archives. Stormtroopers and other Imperial officials stand guard at the vault 24 hours a day, and its contents are not publicly listed. Other rooms in the Archives hold scale models of different planets, like Coruscant, Corellia, and Naboo and there is also a room near the centre of the Archives that contains a large starmap. Apart from the public research areas the Archives also contains conference rooms, and private studies for the Imperial Archivists who painstakingly document the Galaxy day and night. Both the Imperial Security Bureau and Imperial Intelligence also operate in the Archives.

Public Research Halls

The Imperial Archives, "Drayson Hall", Coruscant.

The First Hall

The First Hall, also known as the "Grand Public Research Hall" or the "Drayson Hall" after the first Galactic Emperor, is the main entrance to the Archives due to the great, hand-carved wooden doors at its front displaying the Imperial Crest in thin metal. Above the doors runs the phrase "Knowledge, Order, Power". The First Hall contains COMPNOR's great records on philosophy and manuscripts detailing the downfall of the Republic and the rise of the Galactic Empire. Personal journals of over ten million Imperials are also held here. Two smaller wings break away from the First Hall; the 1st, the "Ancient History Research Wing", and the 2nd, the "Imperial Military Archives".

The Second Hall

The Second Hall, or the "Piett Hall", named after the fifth Emperor, runs perpendicular to the first and third halls. It contained data dedicated to mathematical and engineering sciences. Works related to the topics on hyperspace and how to achieve it and construct engines and vehicles capable of such feats are among the blue-glowing stacks. Floor plans of the galaxy's government buildings and other points of interest are found here, along with many manufacturers' weapon designs and other engineering feats by MInd.

The Third Hall

The Third Hall, or the "Bonias Hall" after the third and tenth Galactic Emperor, is directly opposite the first and filled with information on the geography and culture of each and every known planet. Including starmaps of interstellar and planetary regions, and detailed analysis on specific civilizations are updated and stored here. The Imperial Regional Government often contributes to this section, adding new planetary details as worlds are discovered and documented.

The Fourth Hall

The Fourth Hall, or the "Charon Hall", honouring the eight Emperor, running on the same plane as the second is also split into two smaller wings; each dedicated to zoological research relating information on every known species of flora and fauna in the galaxy.

The Imperial Gallery

The Imperial Gallery, Imperial Archives Gallery, or "Cherokee Gallery" after the eleventh Galactic Emperor, is a large new wing to the rear of the Imperial Archives that was commissioned by Imperial Art collector Crueya Vandron and developed under the approval of Vizier Galdarzz Aalon in mid year 12. The Gallery now houses some of the Galaxy's finest paintings, sculptures, holographic art and other curios.

The Imperial Archives, central chamber, Coruscant.

The Command Centre

Near the centre of the Archives is the Command Centre, or "Central Chamber", the access point from which any Archivist can explore the Archives. Advanced terminals in the Command Centre allow Archivists to access any of the hundreds of rooms in the Archives, narrowing down their searches to a specific area. Carpeted in red, the chamber's center piece is a large database station used by the Deputy Director and Principal Librarian of the Imperial Archives to keep record of the documents stored in the stacks and those who access them. Foot traffic in the Command Centre is typically banned and a "Covert" security clearance is required to enter. The Command Centre itself is a massive, circular chamber with arching doorways stretching to the ceiling, and grants anyone inside the area a physical view of all the public areas.

Database

The Imperial Archives boasts the largest information database that can be accessed anywhere in the Galaxy; on datapads, holonets and other info-consoles. The database is the premier Galactic source of information on all aspects of the Galaxy. This includes information about the Galaxy at large - such as planetary, spacecraft, technology and species details - as well as personal and psychological information of both Imperial and non-Imperial individuals. Historical events such as wars and battles, political upheavals, poignant social events as well as a record of various galactic cultural endeavours, within such mediums as art, music, theatre and science.

Leadership and History

Leadership

The Imperial Archives are managed and maintained, which includes the reviewing, organizing and security of the articles within, whilst making sure they don't violate any Imperial protocols and are appropriate for the Galactic Public, by the Deputy Director and Principal Librarian of the Imperial Archives under the direct supervision of the Director of Culture, the Vizier for Progress and the Director of Imperial Intelligence.

The Director of the Imperial Archives is the head of the Imperial Archives based on Coruscant. The Director is responsible for the institution's general administration and reported its accounts to the Minister of Culture and/or Vizier of the Coalition for Progress. At the Archive's inception, its most senior member of staff was called 'Principal Librarian'. The job title became 'Director and Principal Librarian' in Year 10 Day 43. On Year 11 Day 93, the position was abolished by the Grand Vizier only to be recreated again on Year 12 Day 86. After Lasidious von Feldure's retirement, the new Director of the Imperial Information Service, Santiano Salazar, decided to shorten the title and renamed it 'Deputy Director', to avoid confusion with the Director of IIS.

Principal Librarian of the Imperial Archives (Year 9 Day 175)

• Ryan Roche, Year 9 Day 175 - Year 9 Day 340
• Orphaea Imperium (interim), Year 9 Day 340 - Year 10 Day 43

Director and Principal Librarian of the Galactic Archives (Year 10 Day 43)

• Mekum Campbell, Year 10 Day 43 – Year 10 Day 77
• Inwe Ventidius, Year 10 Day 78 - Year 10 Day 356
• Kate Black-Granger, Year 10 Day 356 - Year 11 Day 93

Director and Principal Librarian of the Imperial Archives (Year 12 Day 86)

• Lasidious von Feldure, Year 12 Day 86 - Year 12 Day 231

Deputy Director of the Imperial Archives (Year 13 Day 45)

• Tec Vaan, Year 12 Day 271 - Year 13 Day 20
• Serena Moon, Year 13 Day 20 - Present

Feldure working on the main Archive database.

Reformation - Year 12

On Year 12 Day 39 Lasidious von Feldure was personally requested by Vizier Vaan to evaluate the Imperial Archives in preparation for a reform that he would head. The Archives had fallen into a minor state of chaos; The database system had not been kept to a high enough standard and had become outdated. Feldure alongside II Director Ventidius went about redesigning the main layout of the Archive database, ripping out the unnecessary elements that had developed over the years and replacing it with a far more concise and appropriate system for the modern public.

On first accessing the database, Feldure had discovered that a vast majority of Imperial historical events had been left undocumented or worse still had been doctored. Other articles were out of date or missing vital information. He went about correcting this, reprogramming the database's main information category and storage system and removing dysfunctional staff members and hiring new. With the help of various Imperial command members he was also able to recover some documents and holo-recordings that had fallen out of public hands and re-display them within the Archives. Other than documents and other data, artefacts slowly began arriving for display and storage in the Archives, including several paintings and statues. The initial reform was a great success and Feldure was soon appointed Director of the Imperial Archives by the Director of Culture, Gunther Rall under the approval of Grand Vizier Jorus Taidan.

Reformation - Year 13

In Year 13, after the retirement of Lasidious von Feldure, Serena Moon was appointed as the new Deputy Director of the Archives by Director Santiano Salazar. One of the archivists, Elvira Falston, had noticed that despite the previous Director's hard work, there was still a lot of room for improvements. She concluded that the focus of Feldure's reformation was on the wrong goals, and that the logs had to be completely rewritten. Under the Deputy Director's watchful eye, many logs were moved, removed and rewritten. All redundant information was taken out of the databases and the focus was shifted to historical information, rather than simple descriptions of current situations.

The Imperial Archives, ancient history research wing, Coruscant.