<div><strong>Emperor Palpatine vows to crush smugglers and troublemakers in Corellian System!</strong></div>[/color][/glow]<br/><br/>10.24.EC10 (Galactic Imperial Calendar) - Emperor Palpatine told the Imperial Senate today in a speech that there were two problem areas he planned to deal with decisively with military force.  The first area is the Hutt criminal cartels.  "Any of the Hutts who do not abide by Imperial law, will find themselves unable to compete in the near future," according to Emperor Palpatine.  We can only assume that the Imperial military will be ordered to deal with the Hutt kajidics, or criminal cartels.  These groups are known for their smuggling activities, which are competing against the Imperial marketplace.<br/><br/>Also in his speech to Imperial lawmakers, Palpatine spoke of terrorist groups who were trying to overthrow the rule of law.  He then called on Senator Garm Bel Iblis (Corellia) to speak on how the Corellian System has a festering terrorist group calling itself the Corellian Resistance.  Senator Bel Iblis was unable to do anything more than denounce the terrorist acts.  "Anarchists and traitors must be wiped from the Galaxy for our stable and secure Empire to flourish," added Palpatine.  He informed the Senate that Imperial forces would deal harshly with these so-called "freedom fighters".<br/><br/>The vote on this bill passed 467-10.<br/><br/>In other news...<br/><br/>A prominent trade captain from the Roy Rogers Shipping Conglomerate was found murdered today on the planet Ralltiir.  Trade Captain Buster Collins, a former Imperial officer, was found shot in the head by a high powered rifle.  It is assumed that Mr. Collins found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time in a bounty hunt.<br/><br/>Collins, from Corellia, had no family.  Mr. Renaldo Rendar, CEO of Roy Rogers (GalEX: RRSC), lamented the loss of a fine individual.  "The entire company will miss Buster.  He was a true gentleman."<br/><br/>This is yet one more form of violence against the shipping company which operates out of Coronet on Corellia.  There have been three other officers of the company killed in the last 3 months.  Two were found dead on Coruscant, and one on the Smuggler's Moon of Nar Shaddaa.