Episode 1
A Force to Contend With
Concerned that eventually someone may actually succeed
In killing him, Darth Sidious invested a great deal of resources
Into three vital contengency plans. Cloning Troopers had been just the first
Stage of the Clone Wars as it was always his hope to secure a method of cloning
Sith warriors in an effort to establish a new legacy that
Would rival that previously held by the Jedi Order.
Aditionally, there were was no end to the rumors that the Emperor
Had been seeking pathways to immortality. Many believed he had already
Achieved this, but it was often more difficult to discern between fact and fiction
When it came to Emperor Palpatine. Only one, Admiral Alarna Byrnes,
Known as Darth Qwuen only to Palpatine, knew the intimate details of his
Machinations, and the depths of his depravity.
While Byrne searched desperately for ways to please Paplaptine,
His paranoia grew in leaps and bounds. He saw plots against him
Everywhere he turned. The fact that there was validity to at least some
Of the perceived threats only dogged him harder to find a solution. It came in the
Form of a new classification of Droid: Bloodhunters. Scattered around
The galaxy were an untold number of Bloodhunters, sleeping, waiting to
Be summoned for the sole purpose of vengeance. In the event of his death,
The Droids would be activated, their only purpose to destroy
Any person who would benefit from The Emperor’s absence.
And not just persons, but their entire families,
And in some instances, whole planets were designated as targets.
Again, as with most things, most people simply assumed
It was a fear campaign, because it was simply to difficult to fathom
Someone so evil that they would destroy every gain out of spite.
And, since no one had ever seen a Bloodhunter,
Or known anyone to have ‘disapeared’ because of one,
It was shuttled off to the back of people’s minds,
Because holding onto such things tended to mess with a person’s
Ability to sleep at night. But, not to let an opportunity pass
Once the idea of Blodhunters were in the Public’s mind,
There was no reason not to put it to good use:
Bloodhunters became part of the mythos to steer children away
From misbehaving. Palpatine’s legacy of fear continues unabated…