- "Imperial Information Center, the great database on Coruscant."
- ―Maizor
The Imperial Information Center was a facility located deep within the bedrock of Coruscant, part of the Imperial Palace complex. It serviced the Palace of the Republic before it was inherited by the Galactic Empire, and later the New Republic.
History[]
Built into Coruscant's bedrock deep beneath the Palace of the Republic, the Information Center stored classified government documents, supplementing the Palace's data towers which erupted from its upper levels. Center staff consisted of human technicians and droids who processed millions of reports including political, military and economic. Staffers who worked there were subjected to the mind probes and loyalty conditioning. It was guarded by the elite Imperial Guards. When the Galactic Empire rose to power, the Information Center began to house encrypted military files in addition to the centuries-old weather reports from the surface and other data such as Emperor Palpatine's nightly dinner menu. While highly protected, infiltration was not impossible. Durga the Hutt hired a slicer to gain access to the Center's databanks, stealing information that would go into the completion of the Darksaber Project.[2]
When the New Republic ousted the Empire during the liberation of Coruscant, they took the Palace and preserved the Information Center because it contained important information on the planets of the former Empire and for intelligence operations. During the New Republic's occupation of the Palace, the Historical Council used files from the Center to write The Essential Chronology.[4]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided (Mentioned only)
- Jedi Search (First appearance)
- Dark Apprentice (Mentioned only)
- Darksaber
- Young Jedi Knights: The Lost Ones (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- The Jedi Academy Sourcebook
- Star Wars Encyclopedia
- The Essential Guide to Droids
- The Essential Chronology
- Coruscant and the Core Worlds
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia