New Imperial Order

New Imperial Order
Political information
Type of government	Authoritarian empire
Founding document
Constitution
Head of State	Imperial Throne Emperor (de jure) Executor Thomas Cherokee (de facto)
Head of Government	Grand Vizier Guinar Ndengin
Commander-in-Chief	Grand Vizier Guinar Ndengin
Executive branch	Imperial High Command
Legislative branch	Imperial Security Bureau
Judicial branch	Imperial Security Bureau
Societal information
Capital	Kothlis
Official language	Basic
Currency	Imperial Credits
State religious body
National holiday	Creation Day
Historical information
Formed from	Galactic Empire
Date of establishment	Year 6 Day 318
Date of dissolution	Year 10 Day 160

The New Imperial Order, also known as the New Order and NIO, was a splinter faction from the Galactic Empire

History

The New Order began as a growing movement of an Imperial group whose purpose was to restore pride and purpose to a Galactic Empire which they felt had lost its direction. Growing under the leadership of Emperors Connel and Mccarthur, the first true reign of the New Order began with the Empire of Emperor Charon. In early Year 4, the end of Emperor Charon's reign resulted in scores of high ranking Imperials, including most of Imperial High Command and a majority of senior Command level officers, leaving the Galactic Empire.

Two years saw the assassination of Grand Moff Qel-Droma, the loss of the New Anzat Order as a vassal state, and the continued defection of Imperials to other groups. Many new and talented enlisted and officers joined and put forth great effort into defending their beliefs on the Empire and the New Order. As a result, on Year 6 Day 303, a group of officers and enlisted held a secret meeting to discuss the course of the Empire and the future of the New Order. They pledged their lives and treasure to the restoration of their perspective of what the New Order should be. The reformers seized control of an Imperial holonet transceiver and broadcast the group’s mission: to appoint an Emperor worthy of the Empire and the New Order.

Across the galaxy, believers in the New Order, both within the Empire and without, rallied to the cause. The group was immediately fortified with former Imperials and other volunteers eager to restore the New Order to the glory of years past. In addition to the scores of able-bodied persons that rushed to fill the group’s lines, citizens across the galaxy, remembering and desiring a return to the fair and steadfast rule of the Galactic Empire, contributed assets to ensure the success of the mission. Ten days after the initial broadcast, the reformers formed a group of their own, the New Imperial Order, and selected Garen Karrade as its Steward.

All that remained was to find the backing necessary to ensure the initial survival of a movement such as this needed in order to succeed. Businessman Jim Stratus, former Imperial Admiral, donated a large portion of his personal wealth, but even more was needed. The New Order was not entirely without means however, and so it turned to the Kiner Corporation. With the technical help and financial support of the cornerstone of KinerCorp, the Corellian Engineering Corporation, the revolution was truly able to begin and The New Imperial Order was able to prop itself up on the advanced infrastructure and assets selflessly donated to the NIO by KinerCorp.

It would not be long after the Order was formed that it would be baptized by fire. In a heartening show of solidarity, the loyal members of the Order turned their backs on those they deemed traitors. However, for all their perfidy, several resolute officers remained including Commodore Rawius Titan and Lieutenant Guinar Ndengin as well as dozens of enlisted faithful to the New Imperial Order.

Thomas Cherokee

The hardships of the Order’s infancy could not dampen its members' spirit or weaken their resolve. With the coming of the new year, on Day 31 of Year 7, Garen Karrade retired from his post as Steward in order to concentrate on personal pursuits, entrusting authority over the Order to the capable hands of Executor Thomas Cherokee.

As the fledgling order took its first steps toward establishing itself in the galaxy, its territorial integrity was challenged. The Eidola Pirates, seeking a base in the Bothan Sector, attempted to establish themselves on the planet of Dressel, right in the New Imperial Order’s backyard. The NIO military sprung to action, fending off botched contracted construction crews on Dressel while preventing Eidola from taking the planet in a campaign that was won at a time the GNS showed the Galactic Empire reeling from repeated embarrassments to the very same Eidolan group of pirates.

When the New Order assumed control of the basic infrastructure KinerCorp had begun laying down in Bothan Sector, the Sector was home to a mere 3 million inhabitants, most of which were native Bothans and Dresselians. Barely 9 months under the control of the New Order and its aggressive economic development plan, Bothan Sector’s population swelled over 100 million inhabitants and the New Imperial Order was recognized by many as an established and legitimate government.

Most of the population growth was due to the attractive social, economic, and educational opportunities the New Order offered to the citizens of the galaxy at large. Staggering numbers of humans poured into Bothan Sector due to well targeted opportunities afforded them, quickly surpassing the sector’s namesake indigenous non-human populations. The development of new construction techniques and methods on a Kothlis Moon early in Year 8 lead to the successes the New Order enjoyed in turning first Elantar in the Kothlis System, and then Dressel in the Dressel System into the veritable bastions of high civilization that they are today.

Government and politics

Executive branch

The Chairman of the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order, the Grand Vizier is responsible for the coordination of all branches within the New Imperial Order. The Grand Vizier is the second-in-command of the New Imperial Order and is responsible to ensuring that the directives of the Executor are not left to abeyance.

Charged with the areas of continued evolution of Imperial culture, education, infrastructure and doctrine, the Grand Vizier directly oversees the Imperial Security Bureau, the Ministry of Research and Development and the Imperial Academy . Responsible for the safety and security of the New Imperial Order, the Grand Vizier maintains oversight of the New Imperial Army and New Imperial Navy. Supervising the economical growth, planetary infrastructure, resource allocations, recruitment and logistical necessities, the Grand Vizier directs the Imperial Ministry of Finance, the Imperial Centre for Recruitment and the Resource Allocations Division - Empire. Overseeing the political image, strategy and objectives of the New Imperial Order, the Grand Vizier also oversees the Ministry of Diplomacy and the Galactic Commerce and Economic Council.

COMPNOR

The Commission For The Preservation Of The New Order is comprised of elite individuals that have demonstrated their devotion to the ideals of the New Order, and combined this with skills and abilities that set them above their peers. These loyal Imperials work towards the goals of COMPNOR, which are to monitor and maintain the well-being of the New Imperial Order through the aspects of education, diplomacy, internal security, research and development, finance, and logistics. A massive organisation, COMPNOR is comprised of many departments with a wide scope of objectives. Far too much for any one person to control effectively, each department of COMPNOR has an assigned department head that will generally have a seat on the High Command. These COMPNOR department heads form the ultimate authority within COMPNOR, the Select Committee. Chaired by the Grand Vizier, the Select Committee is responsible for the overall cohesion of the COMPNOR departments, and identifying the goals and priorities that COMPNOR will strive towards.

The SelCom meets regularly within the Palace on Kothlis, which serves as the seat of power for The Throne, and as the official headquarters for COMPNOR. Each meeting is attended by each member of the SelCom, and in the event that a member cannot attend a meeting, proxies are not permitted. Protected by Royal Guards, SelCom meetings are among the most secure and secretive meetings within the NIO, with only Inner Circle meetings taking higher security measures.

Society and culture

Bothan Sector, home of the New Imperial Order