COMFORTABLE BENEFICIARIES - Senator Palpatine’s rise to power was no accident. He engineered matters expertly to capitalize on the desire of civilized people for law and order, peace and security. The events of the Separatist movement, and the subsequent Clone Wars coupled with the apparent (and well-publicized) degradation of the Jedi and their inability to do anything about the insuing chaos, provided a powerful platform upon which to sell the Republic on the need for firm measures to restore order.

This could not have happened if many billions of beings weren’t willing participants of this transition. The restoration of order by the central government meant a return to relative normalcy: business resuming, unimpeded shipping, threats of violence and destruction removed. For the majority of those living in the Core Worlds, and related systems, this is a preferable state of affairs, no matter who is in charge or how they go about implementing their authority. If it is no longer politically or socially wise to complain about the government too loudly, so be it – dinner still gets on the table, the holovid still shows great and entertaining programs, and the average person is generally left alone to lead his life in relative peace.

Many who join the Rebellion come from such circumstances. They join not because their lives are filled with misery and tragedy, but because they grasp the insidious nature of the powers that have taken control. They have a deeper understanding of how much is being lost, surreptitiously stripped away day by day while no one seems to notice or care. Such PCs may be idealists seeking to awaken their fellow citizens before it’s too late and everything is lost to the corruption of Palpatine’s absolute power. They may be malcontents who have been rejected by their families and local society for daring to speak out against the injustices others are suffering in the name of their own peace and security.

Such PCs might never have intended to become caught up in any resistant against the New Order. Rather, a series of incidents could have led them accidentally (yet inexorably) toward a point of conflict with Imperial forces, driving them straight into the arms of the only people who can help them: the Rebellion.

ADDICTION

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Emotional Strength vs. Weakness
-Independence vs. Coldness

Loves/Hates
-Hollis Char/Extreme Weather