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|| STAR WARS || Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire || William C. Dietz, Dean Williams || 1997 || Novella || Science Fiction ||
In the first part I talked about the Empired backed Sullustan company named SoroSuub and now in this entry I will talk about how the moon of Sulon tried to secure their own independence from the SoroSuub and with it, from the Empire.
THE RESISTANCE
Sullust has two moons, one Umnub and the other is called Sulon and Sulon is the main location of the Soldier for the Empire's first chapter. Sulon's main trade is agriculture and they have their own droids to maintain these fields. Sulon is still relying on Sullust at the moment, they have to import products from the main planet (and that means SoroSuub), and that means they also have to pay taxes for the Empire.
While you don't get to know this from the first book, you will get information from the second book, Rebel Agent, but before the events of the Massacre, these farmers of second and third generational colonists were dissatisfied about the Imperial policies they were forced upon, so eventually they gathered in the captial of Sulon, Barons Hed, to do a non-violent protest. Before the Imperial forces could react, they scrambled, but holocameras captured the participants and the Empire did a retribution: they killed three families of the farmers as a deterrence. Morgan Katarn was already a leader figure in the Resistance, took hundreds of people who were part of the demonsration and relocated them on another planet.
The Imperial strategy to broke down the resistance was very straightforward yet not so effective: aggressively breaking down any form of protest, even a non-violent one means, there is a strict rule about speaking up against the New Order. You are caught doing it, you are a Rebel, therefore you are as good as dead. The farmers and the locals forced to do an exodus became martyrs, and it strengthened the locals in the conviction that they do should resist against the Empire. What they did is make people lean toward the Rebel Alliance rather than accepting Imperial rule.
The SoroSuub's strategy was different: They MAKE YOU BUY their products. At all costs. They will pave the way for the circustances where Sulon would be in NEED of those products. Sulon won't have a choice but buy those products and they will become reliant on them. Even if you hate them, you don't have choice, but buy from them, because your life is depending on them.
Sulon is not a rich planet. The colonists especially had to build up everything from scratch, they had to self-taught themselves given there is no place of education here. The financial issues of the farmers can be suspected from this paragraph where Morgan thinking about his own son joining the Imperial Army (that was before the protests):
That's it for now, but in part III, I will talk about how the Empire was able to strike down the last of the Resistance once and for all.
In the first part I talked about the Empired backed Sullustan company named SoroSuub and now in this entry I will talk about how the moon of Sulon tried to secure their own independence from the SoroSuub and with it, from the Empire.
THE RESISTANCE
Sullust has two moons, one Umnub and the other is called Sulon and Sulon is the main location of the Soldier for the Empire's first chapter. Sulon's main trade is agriculture and they have their own droids to maintain these fields. Sulon is still relying on Sullust at the moment, they have to import products from the main planet (and that means SoroSuub), and that means they also have to pay taxes for the Empire.
While you don't get to know this from the first book, you will get information from the second book, Rebel Agent, but before the events of the Massacre, these farmers of second and third generational colonists were dissatisfied about the Imperial policies they were forced upon, so eventually they gathered in the captial of Sulon, Barons Hed, to do a non-violent protest. Before the Imperial forces could react, they scrambled, but holocameras captured the participants and the Empire did a retribution: they killed three families of the farmers as a deterrence. Morgan Katarn was already a leader figure in the Resistance, took hundreds of people who were part of the demonsration and relocated them on another planet.
The Imperial strategy to broke down the resistance was very straightforward yet not so effective: aggressively breaking down any form of protest, even a non-violent one means, there is a strict rule about speaking up against the New Order. You are caught doing it, you are a Rebel, therefore you are as good as dead. The farmers and the locals forced to do an exodus became martyrs, and it strengthened the locals in the conviction that they do should resist against the Empire. What they did is make people lean toward the Rebel Alliance rather than accepting Imperial rule.
The SoroSuub's strategy was different: They MAKE YOU BUY their products. At all costs. They will pave the way for the circustances where Sulon would be in NEED of those products. Sulon won't have a choice but buy those products and they will become reliant on them. Even if you hate them, you don't have choice, but buy from them, because your life is depending on them.
Sulon is not a rich planet. The colonists especially had to build up everything from scratch, they had to self-taught themselves given there is no place of education here. The financial issues of the farmers can be suspected from this paragraph where Morgan thinking about his own son joining the Imperial Army (that was before the protests):
The thought that financial necessity rather than free choice had played a major role in Kyle’s decision to attend the Imperial Military Academy still filled Morgan with guilt. The Katarn’s were from the Outer Rim, with limited financial resources, and the Academy had represented Kyle’s best chance for a good education.But this incident made Sulon a very important location of Rebel activities in the area given how the locals started to turn away from the Empire. And they started to work on their own indepence attempt from the SoroSuub and with it, from the Empire. They started to work on the G-TAP - using the planet's own renewable geothermal resource -, that would made them energetically independent from Sullust:
Morgan frowned. Perhaps if he’d been a little more flexible, a little less focused on how money was made, there would be more of it.
The principle was relatively simple and had been put to use on various worlds prior to the rise of the New Order. Crustal rock formations are warmed by volcanic action, an upwelling of magma, and the natural decay of potassium, thorium, and uranium. By drilling extremely deep wells, the colonists could force water down through carefully engineered cracks, where it could be heated and pumped to the surface. There it would bring isobutane to a boil which would be forced through power-generating turbines. And all this was done without radioactive waste, potentially dangerous technology, or governmental taxes.And this G-Tap now in danger of getting destroyed by the Empire, but also implies that SoroSuub tried to coerce them before:
“I too tire of the pressure, the extortion, and the attacks. That’s why it’s tempting to look for an opportunity to strike back … but at what cost? Yes, some extremely interesting intelligence has come our way. Assuming that citizen Jameson’s source of information is correct, and Imperials disguised as Rebels or mercenaries are planning to attack the GTap.“If Sulon is succeeding with the G-Tap, they can stop buying SoroSuub/Imperial products, therefor they don't have to pay unreasonable money for basic neccessities (also not supporting a regime that wants to crush them). And there is no bigger enemy for a big empire when one of their servant wants to be independent and self-sufficient.
“Which would force us to buy a fusion plant from the SoroSuub Corporation, and pay taxes to the Empire,” Jameson added pointedly.
That's it for now, but in part III, I will talk about how the Empire was able to strike down the last of the Resistance once and for all.
