Homeworld Security Command

Homeworld Security Command was founded towards the end of the Clone Wars, as a measure designed to protect the denizens of the Galactic Republic against the Confederacy of Independent Systems. In reality, the Homeworld Security Command only increases the power of the government, and promotes the continuation of the conflict that is pulling the Republic apart.

Supreme Chancellor Palpatine's Homeworld Security Command comprises a large number of Senate committees and advisory councils. Organizations such as COMPOR (the Commission for the Protection of the Republic)- predecessor to COMPNOR - welcome the new security measures, and even more stoic groups such as the Loyalist Committee are not immune to its effects. The average Coruscanti acclimates to the new measures quickly and easily; it is left to the few loyal members of the Senate to voice concerns about Palpatine's increasing power.

The new measures granted by Homeworld Security began with the Military Creation Act three years before the end of the Clone Wars, when the Chancellor was granted Emergency Powers to mobilize an Army of the Republic against the Confederacy. Since then, the government has extended its reach, with new security measures ensuring safety from Count Dooku's forces, while simultaneously stifling any opposition from within the Republic.

Homeworld Security is allegedly justified through guerrilla and terrorist attacks carried out by the Confederacy of Independent Systems. The security measures involve the mobilization of emergency forces on Coruscant - such as the elite Clone Shock Troopers responsible for identity scanning and security checkpoints throughout Galactic City - and the installation of surveillance holocams in the Senate Rotunda. Most drastic is the extension of Palpatine's executive power, and the many amendments made to the Galactic Constitution, ostensibly to more effectively combat the Separatists.

In the end, Homeworld Security serves as another stepping stone for Palpatine to achieve total galactic dominance. With shock troopers already compiling a list of possible traitorous Senators, and the citizens of Coruscant under watch by his officers, Palpatine declares the formation of a Galactic Empire. Dictatorship replaces democracy, and the measures introduced through Homeworld Security escalate until the galaxy is ruled by the iron fist of the Empire.