Dark Guard Journals: Entry 11

"It's been a while since I've written an entry in here, but the rest of the Imperial Royal Guard and I have been busy. It's been a long road since the destruction of the Republic, and that road continues to run even now. The Dark Guard was officially disbanded soon after the formation of the empire, and those of us that were in the DG were moved to the Imperial Royal Guard. We basically use the same uniforms as the Red Guard did during the time of the Republic, since the armor that the DG used is now being used by the Shadow Guards, force sensitive individuals with basic knowledge of the sith arts. People learned quite quickly not to mess around with the SG, due to them being known to kill those that even slightly offend them. As for the other former DG and I, we're now mostly guarding Emperor Palpatine, due to the SG now being used for missions that the DG handled during the days of the Republic. To be honest, I'm not sure what we're protecting the emperor from, since he's already powerful enough, he has Darth Vader (what's left of him, after losing a battle to some jedi called Kenobi on Mustafar, as well as his remaining limbs), and to be honest, he's already quite scarred from his battle with one of the traitorous jedi just before declaring the formation of the empire. Nevertheless, we have our orders, and protecting the emperor himself is an important job. I've had to become much more cautious about writing these entries, since the commander of the Royal Guard does regular checks of our living quarters for unauthorized material. I wouldn't be surprised if my journal entries fall into that 'unauthorized materials' category. Small rebellions have popped up here and there, but nothing that the empire hasn't been able to handle, especially with Vader and his personal group of stormtroopers, the 501st, now known as 'Vader's Fist'. They've crushed insurrection after insurrection, and they've been sent to apprehend a princess from Alderaan, who apparently is working with one of the larger rebel alliances that exists at this point in time. Somehow, the Rebels managed to secure the technical read outs for the Death Star, the emperor's newest display of power. With Lord Vader and the 501st going after them, though, I'm sure those plans will be back in Imperial hands soon enough."

-Davis Yoodum