Imperial Science Bureau (Galactic Empire)

The Imperial Science Bureau was a scientific organization of the Galactic Empire. During the Imperial Era, it tracked the rare spice known as karrak, which suppressed the Force of an individual for forty-eight hours.

Imperial scientists of the Bureau attempted to refine, duplicate, and reverse engineer the properties of karrak, while the Imperial Security Bureau began developing improved forms of the spice and distributed it to agents that were hunting fugitive Force-sensitive individuals.