Milvayne

"They got propaganda all over. Lovely lawful Milvayne! Proof how perfect a world can be when you let the Emperor in!"

- Vulaada Klam, on Milvayne

Milvayne was a planet controlled by the Milvayne Authority, a harsh, justice-oriented law enforcement agency. After the establishment of the Galactic Empire, Milvayne fell under its protection, under the terms it kept an invisible presence. Milvayne's law enforcement made it a good example for the Empire, and it was promoted through propaganda as an ideal world. After being linked with proximity bombs by Cornelius Evazan, Chelli Aphra and 0-0-0 traveled to Milvayne, where they were forced to evade the law as fugitives. After Evazan widened the broadcast from Triple Zero's eyes to reach the residents of Milvayne, the Empire's Coalition for Progress wished to intervene to prevent the live feed from inspiring mischievous ideas.

Description
"Inform for cash! Inform today! Remember: Milvayne is now under Imperial protection! Live by the book and spare the blasters! Love the law! Watch your neighbors!"

- The Milvayne intercom system

Much of the planet Milvayne was covered in the expansive and crowded Milvayne City. The upper levels of the city were patrolled by the Galactic Empire-backed Milvayne Authority, and holographic viewscreens showing propaganda were displayed in midair. Any individuals who had been reported to the Authority were thrown down into the lower levels of the city, which had fallen into disarray and turned into a slum for the homeless. Those who survived were forced to live their life as scavengers among the millions of people in the undercity. As well as reported individuals, foul air was also dumped into the lower levels by the Empire's bloatbarges. Although the Empire protected Milvayne, it had an agreement with the planet that it would not intervene in the planets internal affairs, leaving that to the Milvayne Authority.

History
"Milvayne accepted Imperial rule under the proviso that we maintain an invisible presence!"

- A captain

During the Imperial Era, Milvayne accepted the rule and protection of the Galactic Empire on the terms that it kept an invisible presence, leaving its resident law enforcement agency, the Milvayne Authority, to keep order on the planet.

At some point, Tam Posla investigated a pair of visiting spacers using the suspected aliases of "Roofoo" and "Sawkee", who were attributed with a rash of crimes on Milvayne. Doctor Cornelius Evazan, who used the alias "Roofoo", later became known as the "Mutilator of Milvayne". Posla, however, was taken off the case by his superior officer, and after he tracked the pair to Jedha, they took his badge.

Evazan's entertainment
"Welcome to Milvayne, travellers. Present I.D. and authorization documents please."

- A border officer welcomes Chelli Aphra and 0-0-0 to Milvayne

In 1 ABY, a frozen Evazan was handed over to Posla by Chelli Aphra. He intended to bring the doctor to Milvayne for a trial. When Evazan was unfrozen, however, he used a pluripleq to pretend he was a shapeshifter. Posla attempted to arrest Aphra under the jurisdiction of the Milvayne Authority, but was murdered by the assassin droid 0-0-0. Evazan later captured Aphra and Triple-Zero, taking them onto Posla's ship. He implanted proximity bombs inside them, forcing them to work together to survive.

Aphra and Triple-Zero discovered Rajam Nuss, Posla's personal cyberneticist, and traveled to Milvayne to find him. Upon arriving, Triple-Zero murdered the border officer in order to leave the spaceport. The Milvayne Authority caught wind of this and intercepted them, eventually pinning them behind a vehicle. Triple-Zero caused Posla's ship to self-distruct as a distraction, and they were able to escape.

An hour later, Aphra searched through the HoloNet to find Nuss, and the pair visited him in his lab. He attempted to remove the bombs, but set off their fail-safes, setting them to explode in ten hours. Nuss tried to hide this, but Aphra discovered the truth, returning to find that Triple-Zero had killed Nuss. With Nuss' death meaning they were unable to remove the bombs, Aphra set out to find the cyberneticist's mentor, Prexo, who lived on the other side of the city in South District Seven. When Aphra attempted to take a train there, Triple-Zero threatened the driver and was reported to Informahub, whose drones threw him into the undercity.

Needing to stay near the droid, Aphra followed him, encountering a scavenger named Vulaada Klam and her qaberworm Gurtyl. Klam agreed to take them across the city on Gurtyl, but they were located by Tam Posla, whose corpse had been revived by Force energy from mutated gundravian hookspores. Posla shot at Gurtyl, throwing Aphra and Triple-Zero off the creature. He then ordered a rebuilt BT-1 to destroy them. As BT-1 and Posla attacked the pair, the hunters Winloss and Nokk, who had been hired to capture Triple-Zero and kill Aphra. Nokk impaled Posla with his Vr'gedian tranquilizer harpoon and Winloss shot an ion-net at BT-1. Aphra and 0-0-0 escaped during the chaos.

Fearing Triple-Zero may survive to hunt him down, Evazan widened the broadcast signal transmitting from the droid's eyes and used it to address the citizens of Milvayne about the two fugitives running around on the planet. After the reward for their capture was announced, many of the citizens reported false and desperate claims to the Milvayne Authority. Posla was among them, and led members of his in former occupation to Aphra's location, aboard a bloatbarge. Klam incapacitated Aphra and Triple-Zero to collect the reward for them.

Imperial intervention
"And viewing figures are in the billions already. Hm. It won't stand, captain. It won't stand at all."

- A high-ranking individual in the Coalition for Progress

Meanwhile, the Empire's Coalition for Progress was growing concerned about the live broadcast on Milvayne, with several billion now watching it. As their Imperial propaganda flagship flew 400 klicks above the planet, its captain discussed the matter with his superior, who wished for him to put a stop to it. However, he reminded her of the terms the Empire had with Milvayne about keeping an invisible presence, prompting her to tell him otherwise. Intelligence officers then arrived with reports of Aphra and Triple-Zero's capture. Back in Milvayne City, the pair were being put on trial for the rash of crimes they had committed while on the planet. As the arresting officer, Posla ordered they be shot.

Behind the scenes
Milvayne was first mentioned in Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide, written by Pablo Hidalgo and released in 2016. It first appeared in the 2018 canon comic Doctor Aphra 26: Worst Among Equals, Part I, written by Simon Spurrier and pencilled by Emilio Laiso. In Star Wars Legends, Milvayne was first mentioned in the short story "Differences of Opinion", which was included in The Last Command Sourcebook, released in March 1994.

Appearances

 * Doctor Aphra 15: Remastered, Part II
 * Doctor Aphra 17: Remastered, Part IV
 * Doctor Aphra 22: The Catastrophe Con, Part III
 * Doctor Aphra 23: The Catastrophe Con, Part IV
 * Doctor Aphra 24: The Catastrophe Con, Part V
 * Doctor Aphra 25: The Catastrophe Con, Part VI
 * Doctor Aphra 26: Worst Among Equals, Part I
 * Doctor Aphra 27: Worst Among Equals, Part II
 * Doctor Aphra 28: Worst Among Equals, Part III
 * Doctor Aphra 29: Worst Among Equals, Part IV