Jaron Park stands accused of:
Extra Judicial Establishment of Power
Misuse of Imperial Resources, Ships, Soldiers, Space Stations, Worlds, Etc.
Wilfully ignoring orders from a superior officer
Military Negligence
Murdering Soldiers
Murder of Civilians without Lawful Authority
Impersonating a superior officer
Desertion

I now defer to my legal advisor, Major Smith to present the case against Jaron Park in full.

*Major Smith stepped up and read the following damning indictment*

Extra Judicial Establishment of Power misuse of Imperial Resources etc

With no legal powers, Jaron Park formed the “New Imperial Order” he did this by sheer virtue of allegedly being a favourite of Palpatine, and even claimed to be a “Secret Grand Admiral”. He took over several worlds and established himself as warlord, with no regard for Imperial law he had himself proclaimed effective “Sovereign Protector” with no legal authority to do so. In gross nepotism he proclaimed his own family members as Moffs and effectively set up a Junta composed of him and close relations masquerading with Imperial Titles. With no authorisation he “re-opened” the Imperial Senate (a power reserved only for the Emperor, and still not enacted today). He instituted some fairly positive reforms, but the fact remains he did not have the legal power to do so, and by doing so he broke with established Imperial Law and Doctrine at the time.
Jaron Park ordered the single most lobsided Imperial Civil War, with his massive and illegitimate “NIO” versus a pair of worlds who cannot be described as major. In this campaign, due to his mis-management untold thousands died, and two Star Destroyers were lost. And for what? To slaughter the inhabitants of a distant unfriendly rock who had insulted Jaron Park? Gentlemen, there was not even a possibility of a massive gain, there were no critical strategic worlds in the frame, no futher point except revenge for an insult, which is not good reason to launch a massive campaign which you then systematically mis-manage.

Willfully ignoring an order from a Superior

Grand Moff Gemmell, formerly Vice-Grand Vizier to Emperor Palpatine was a magnate in the Braxant Sector, and the logical civilian ruler of the space which comprised much of the so called “New Imperial Order”. He took a conciliatory stance towards Park, offering him clemency and a commission (at his real rank, rather than as Secret Grand Admiral) if he would cast aside the power he had illegally claimed.
Regardless of what else is relevant, a Grand Moff is superior in Rank to Mr Parks former commission of Vice Admiral (or in fact any Admiral Grade Officer). In response to this Gemmell was forced to take other action, and eventually Park’s “New Imperial Order” dissolved back into the Remnant’s territory, largely under Grand Moff Gemmell’s authority.

Military Negligence

Infantry assaults were launched using storm commandos before air or space superiority was established, resulting in countless deaths.
The 7,200 Storm Commandos were first sent to attack bubble communities which scans would reveal were simply filled with cowering civilians who had failed to head to shelter. Slaughtering any civilians found, men women and children. Then when they came under sniper fire they were ordered to relocate to Bast Castle, due to the lack of air support in the relocation many shuttles were downed, 1425 (a 20% loss in this manoeuvre alone), they were then ordered to surround the massive fortified complex at Bast Castle and advance inwards, towards entrenched soldiers and droids. They were slaughtered, again losing 20% of their original number. They were then ordered to retreat to an area which was composed of lava, they did not advance onto the lava but were stranded and pinned down on the edge by vjunite forces. Instead of attempting reinforcement, or extraction, or even shielding fire, they were utterly slaughtered. They fought nobly until the remaining couple of hundred surrendered. 7,200 men were lost.
The rest of the campaign was waged in a similarly slapdash and foolish manner.

Jaron Park also ordered the invasion of the planet Raithal, not only did he fail in this but he lost the Emperors ship “Rage”, only recently returned to Imperial Service in a foolish and unplanned attack on a major starfighter base deep within enemy territory. With no support. How did he intend to hold Raithal when he took over? With his two divisions of Stormtroopers? A poorly planned and executed operation which resulted in the capture of thousands of our crewmen. I highlight that Mr Park then APOLOGISED to the New Republic leader for daring to invade his space.
Adding to the untold thousands of Infanteers who were woefully sent to die on the bitter acidic surface of Vjun and the loss of the Battleship Rage, your ineptitude in organising escorts for the Star Destroyers at Vjun resulted in the loss of an Imperial II-class vessel and its crew, as well as his own Star Destroyer, with its crew.. For nothing.

Futhermore, almost all of the “NIO”’s fleet was launched in this frugal and pointless assault on Vjun, leaving many worlds in Remnant fully unprotected, leaving only Leirooine (a strategically worthless world far from the rest of the New Imperial Order) properly garrisoned. A massive disaster could have unfolded if Grand Moff Gemmell had not deployed his own ships to your own at that stage rebellious space and defended what it could.

The cost of Jaron Parks military incompetance:

Tens of thousands of soldiers, pilots and crewmen
Three Imperial-series Star Destroyers
Three Strike-class cruisers

And for what?

Nothing.

Murder of Soldiers

Furthermore, not content to slaughter his men through incompetance, he was happy to give orders to have a pinned down group of soldiers (all the remnants of his Commando force) be wiped out by his own orbital fire, when many alternatives were open. It would have been possible to fire upon the enemy forces, or infact to withdraw the men. Alternatively he couldve ordered them to break out (which he did not attempt once after issuing the order for them to take cover in a lava field), or even to scatter. This would have resulted in perhaps several hundred surviving, rather than the few dozen horrendously injured veterans that now live.

Murder of Civilians

700,000 Counts of Murder of Civilians
Jaron Park ordered the extermination of every single Vjunite. He commenced bombardment on numerous Vjunite Castle-Cities, which were obliterated, even as many wished to surrender to the New Imperial Forces, but were not able to do so. Storm Commandos and Stormtroopers were ordered to shoot all civilians on sight.

He watched as the revenge of the New Imperial Order came about. Soon an officer came up to him. "Sir, inital reports indicate we are only making glancing blows to the castles due to their armor. However, the bubble communities have encountered an estimated 10,000 casualties." reported the Lieutenant. He nodded, and thought for a moment. "Shift our focus of fire onto the bubble communities. Inform the Storm Commandos that the time is near and have they ready to deploy at a moment's notice. Have the Stormtroopers prepare for their deployment as well." he ordered. Within moments, he watched the fire shift, becoming more concentrated. The bubble communities would be wiped out before they did anything other than bombard the surface.

Even after the surface was quelled, and all resistance was slaughtered, Mr Park’s remaining few men, were ordered to march into Vjun’s vast underground caverns, and slaughter every man, woman and child they found, regardless of their species or loyalties. Each and every one could have been a stormtrooper, a technician, a pilot or even something as minor as a labourer. They may have been following a rebel government, but there is no indication there was a massive consensus in favour of it, and as such the slaughter of the people was un-warranted. The Empire was strapped for resources, divided, and Jaron Park ordered the execution of 700,000 perfectly good labourers.

Impersonating a senior officer

Mr Park claimed, consistantly to be a "Grand Admiral" as evidenced in the personnel file he doctored in order to justify his claim. Gentlemen, Mr Park was not a Grand Admiral, the Emperor did not appoint "Secret Grand Admirals". Furthermore he not only used this position to the extent of abusing the rank, he used it to gain further power from credulous officials. He used this secret Grand Admiralty to claim civilian authority, first as "Sovereign Protector", and then next having his lackeys make him "Emperor" on the strength of being a "Grand Admiral". When it was well established that if anyone was to hold the position of Emperor it must be a civilian official.

Desertion

As stated in his personnel file he absented himself from his position with no authority to do so after the battle of Coruscant (at which he commanded the defense), where he showed his conspicuous lack of talent in command. He then did the same again when his disasterous attempt at the Imperial Throne failed, only to be captured some time later by King Leiro of Leirooine.

Lord Gregorious Gemmell
Advisor to the Emperor
Imperial Ruling Council

Once Major Smith was finished, he stood, and began addressing the court.

*begins talking*

Your honor, I thank you for hearing this case today. I also thank the prosecution for their dedication to this case and heavy research. However, I will make this all worthless effort, with there being far more worthy cases for the JAG Corps of the Imperial Military to be used for. In this case, your honor, you will hear many accusations. Some indeed true, some false. You will definately hear tones from a decade long rivalry. However, you will find that Admiral Park is innocent of most charge, and of those he is guilty, he surely will have served a fitting sentence due to his horrendous treatment over the past nine years. I will now address each charge...

Extra Judicial Establishment of Power
This is indeed true. He did go out of his way, and bounds of power to aid in the establishment of the New Imperial Order. He was not alone however, in that a civilian body of twelve individuals, claiming to be the Ruling Council, spearheaded this effort. He gave them worlds close to the highest concentration of Imperial citizens, and set them up on a world thought safe from attack, due to many lacking the information of its location. He was not alone in this act, his political manifesto was in fact merely the catalyst that brought about the NIO, not in fact he himself, unlike what the NIO claimed for so long. The NIO was established for several years, while Park himself served the Emperor during his rebirth. He was a iconic symbol to which the Ruling Council latched upon, and as a strong leader they chose to lead them. He was not directly responsible for the establishment of the NIO. It should be dropped.

Misuse of Imperial Resources, Ships, Soldiers, Space Stations, Worlds, Etc.
The now Grand Moff Gemmell had no legitimized power in the Braxant Sector. He was the Vice Grand Vizier. A position that has only governmental power, and only granted upon by the authorization of the Emperor. Gemmell seized power in the Braxant Sector, and assumed that as such he controlled the region...only to find out the NIO was already established. He attempted to gain control of the NIO, by demanding its loyalty, whent he NIO was ten times the size of his territory and growing, obviously leading to a denial. The only reason this charge stands, is that Gemmell himself still holds a grudge that his own power grab was challenged by Park. I emphasize, that Gemmell had no authority to take control of Bastion or the Braxant Sector. And he too, made similar actions as Park, and should indeed be facing similar charges. It should be dropped.

Wilfully ignoring orders from a superior officer
Gemmell was not a superior officer. He claimed to be the Emperor in his communications to Park. Gemmell was not, obviously, the Emperor. He was merely the Vice Grand Vizier...the assistant to an advisor to the Emperor. He only held simple governmental powers, and was never promoted to anything higher by the Emperor. He continually claimed he was the Emperor in resulting communications, despite the lack of his coronation, or any military oversight or powers in his real position. Thus, this charge can not stand. It should be dropped.

Military Negligence
While it can be said that the Vjun operation was negligant, some could say the assualts on Yavin IV were negligant. The Defense of Endor was negligant. Did we try Lord Vader at the conclusion of the Yavin IV Campaign? Has Grand Admiral Pelleaon stood trial for Endor? The answer to these questions is no. And these operations were far more costly. What do they have in common with Vjun you may ask? They, like Vjun, were conducted against a rebelling population. The citizens of the Vjun colony backed their colonial administration. This administration went rogue from the Empire, and allied itself with the New Republic, going so far as attempting to join it. This colonial administration then proceeded to attempt to persuade other Imperial forces and leaders to join it in surrendering to the New Republic in a time of war. The NIO took the action as an Imperial government to put down this rebellion, purge the planet of rebels, and open it up to recolonization by loyal, true Imperial citizens. This was not nothing. This was for keeping an Imperial colony in line and loyal. And while some actions may be questionable, I do insist that the prosecution is misleading the Procurator in some instances of the battle, and ask that they refrain from doing so, and tell an honest account. It went nothing beyond any other pacification campaigns the honorable Imperial Military has undergone, so this charge should be dropped.

Murdering Soldiers
While I can make a defense on faulty intelligence, the main reason the Vjun operation did have its high casualty rate. I will correct the prosecution on this event. While stragglers from outside of this position were captured, those at the center fought down to the last few men, attempting to draw out as much of the enemy as possible. They then chose to call in a full scale orbital bombardment on their position and the general area to kill off the enemy. It was of their own choice, rather than the orders of Park who was focusing on the space battle at the time of this event. So, this charge should also be dropped.

Murder of Civilians without Lawful Authority
While this did indeed occur, as I said before, this is not beyond several other pacification campaigns the military has embarked. The entire planet was in full revolt, and one could not trust a civilian down on the ground as a full scale insurgency was underway. Also might I note, the bubble communities were thought to be in the intelligence reports to be military installations and barracks, not civilian communities. Regardless, the practices undertook, are nothing unlike those taken in past and fall in line with the established Tarkin Doctrine. This charge should be dropped.

Impersonating a superior officer
Indeed he did, as did many Imperial officers during this time. His claim of being a Grand Admiral was done to gain an air of legitimacy for his forces, more legitimacy than a Fleet Admiral would obtain. It was a diplomatic move, hoping to avoid war with other Imperial warlords at this time, and force them through intimidation to peacefully join his cause. Park is not the biggest violator of this however. I believe the biggest one sits in this room at the opposite table. Gemmell is known to have in several messages claimed to be the Galactic Emperor, without any recognition. No such claim was made by Park, ever. The Ruling Council had a plan to one day claim him Emperor, but this was never done, and he never uttered the title of Emperor alongside his name. Sovereign Protector was a position formed by the NIO as their Head of State, seperate from the Royal Guard rank. To be taken literally, he would protect their sovereignty from other Imperial warlords and foreign enemies. This charge should be also, be dropped.

Desertion
In the First Battle of Coruscant, Isard ordered an eventual Strategic Withdrawal...thus, he was following orders in his retreat. The rest of the prosecution's case is based on a imaginary event. Thus, it must be dropped.

Extra Judicial Establishment of Power

A confession has been made here, as such it hardly needs addressing. "This is indeed true. He did go out of his way, and bounds of power to aid in the establishment of the New Imperial Order". Indeed his own Personnel file, written by himself, claims its establishment.

Mr Park will be aware, in this case, that the Civilians who justified his illegal rule are equally guilty of this offence and are likely to be tried and executed, if they have indeed survived the time up to now. However, we are not discussing their guilt t the present moment, but Mr Parks. As such I believe this "justification" should be stricken from the record as irrelevant. You claim that Mr Park was only a figurehead and so is not accountable, but it should be argued that in being a willing figurehead he must be held accountable for establishing the illegal (and frankly treasonous) body known as the "New Imperial Order"

Misuse of Imperial Resources, Ships, Soldiers, Space Stations, Worlds, Etc.

No rebuttal or denial has been issued here, save for accusations against Grand Moff Gemmell, of the Council of Moffs. Grand Moff Gemmell is not on trial here, as such I ask these comments are also stricken from the record as irrelevant.

Wilfully ignoring orders from a superior officer

Mr Gemmell (in addition to holding the rank of Grand Moff at the time, in addition to his rank as Vice-Grand Vizier), did outrank Mr Park, a mere Fleet-Admiral who held no higher commission. Furthermore, the line of sucession was well established to exist through the office of the Grand Vizier. One which by default would fall to Grand Moff Gemmell on the former Grand Vizier, and later Emperor, Sate Pestage's death. However, Grand Moff Gemmell has renounced this claim and abdicated in favour of the Council of Moffs (which he is a senior member of) holding ultimate legislative authority.

Furthermore, after claiming to be a Grand Admiral, he WAS crowned as New Imperial Emperor, according to his personnel file..

Military Negligence
"While it can be said that the Vjun operation was negligant" : An admission has been made here, and Mr Park can only be found guilty. I would also like to clarify, is the Counsel for the Defense accusing the Supreme Commander of Negligence? We also question in what manner the vjun campaign has been misrepresented? Our assertions are based on the black box recordings from your own capital ships and the reports of your own survivors, such a generalised statement is not correct for a court of law, and unless the Defence Counsel will assert particular facts on which we are misguided, then this request should be stricken by the procurator.

Murdering Soldiers

Mr Park was in overall command, if he was not paying any attention to his ground forces, he was acting negligently and is thus responsible for their negligent homicide. But, irrespective of if the Storm Commandos requested their own destruction, their destruction was not nessesary (other options were still possible, such as their reinforcement, or extraction), and Mr Park had a duty of care to them as the commanding officer. Not once was an effort made to actually target the enemy tanks with orbital fire. I would highlight that he also ordered the murder of several legions of stormtroopers, many of whom were simply defending their (pitiable) homes they had taken up residence in on Vjun.

Murder of Civilians without Lawful Authority
The fact remains that his actions were disproportionate. The slaughter and destruction of hundreds of thousands of beings (many who may have been loyal to the empire) was not needed, especially in a time where the Empire was in such crisis, and lacking in men and resources. There was no need to slaughter these, especially women and children, who could be safely indentured as labourers as punishment, rather than murdered wholesale.

Impersonating a superior officer
"Indeed he did" sums up the defense attitude on this. Just because "other officers were doing it" does not mean you can. Just because many people commit murders, does not mean you can.

Desertion
There is no evidence Isard ordered a strategic withdrawal, indeed all units on the planet were ordered to fight to the last, indeed as overall commander of the defenses, should not this order be applied to Mr Park also? And the fact Mr Park disapeared and was found in the rubble of Ravens gate is an imaginary event? Indeed then how did Mr Park fall into the custody of King Ribaldequin of Leirooine for the past decade?

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*Gemmell watched the Defence scrabble through what appeared to be just two pages of notes for some time, he looked up and raised an eyebrow before returning to reading his own case... minutes later the defence was still shuffling notes. He looked up curiously towards the Procurator wondering if he would let this obvious timewasting by the defence stand.*

Lord Gregorious Gemmell
Advisor to the Emperor
Imperial Ruling Council

The charge of willfully disobeying orders from a superior officer—or Insubordination—also, is dropped. The bench deems that there are extenuating circumstances in the ambiguity of then-Vice Vizier Gemmell's rank and status in the Imperial command hierarchy. The Imperial Ruling Council, at the time, had not recognized the authority of either Mr. Park or Mr. Gemmell, and unless its successor, the Council of Moffs, votes to prosecute in either case the charge is hereby dropped. Likewise, with Impersonation of a Senior Officer. Both of these, however, and "Misuse of Imperial Resources, Ships, Soldiers, Space Stations, Worlds, Etc." shall be noted in the charge of Dereliction of Duty.

At this point, I do warn the defense counsel that it is Mr. Park who is on trial, and not Mr. Gemmell. Confine your answers, henceforth, to Mr. Park's guilt or innocence and no one else's.

The charge of "Murder of Civilians without Lawful Authority" is modified to one count of Genocide (the Empire is not currently prosecuting the murder of civilians in a martial context unless that murder is gratuitous, as it is in this case; the defense counsel is correct that Vjun was a world whose government and many of whose people were in a state of rebellion against the Empire, but in the opinion of the bench this does not justify the murder, wholesale, of civilians, laborers, and so on who willingly surrendered. The remarks of Admiral Park to Vjun's government—"Right now I could destroy you, dismantle your entire government, slaughter every being on this wasteland, and wipe this world from galactic maps"—clearly constitutes a threat of premeditated genocide).

Therefore, the following charges are dropped:
—Usurpation
—Insubordination
—Impersonation of a Senior Officer

The charges against Admiral Park, modified, are as follows:
—Genocide, one count
—Fratricide, one thousand thirteen counts
—Dereliction of Duty, three counts; negligence, usurpation, conduct unbecoming
—Desertion, one count

The Defense is required to enter a plea to each of these charges, and invited to rebut any of them. I ask, in particular, that you rebut the Prosecution's contention that there were alternatives to the bombardment of the Storm Commandos (Fratricide). Please address this charge in greater detail. Address, also, the charge of Desertion, and submit evidence for this supposed evacuation order (bear in mind, however, that Director Isard was, at that time, responsible for the assassinations of several members of the Imperial Ruling Council and the subversion of its authority—the court regards most of her orders, especially those issued with respect to the Imperial Center disaster, to be unlawful).

On the charge of Dereliction of Duty, if the Defense wishes to change its plea the bench will accept ineptitude or insanity as extenuating circumstances.

I also ask that the Prosecution address Admiral Park's otherwise exemplary service record, and its possible bearing on the Admiral's sentence (should he be found guilty or one or all of the charges against him).

I think the Defences absence of even submission of pleas must be taken as a declaration of Absolute guilt from Mr Park, compounded by his refusal to rebut charges and his partial admissions of guilt by his own defence. I believe that Mr Park has gone so far that previous conduct cannot under any circumstances be taken into account. Gentlemen of the Court, I ask you to consider, this is not a mere parking fine, which might be mitigated by previous good conduct. We are talking about systematic incompetence and genocide on a truly grand scale, one that requires true depravity of mind.

In crimes of moral turpitude previous good conduct should not in my opinion be taken into account. I would hold that insanity could perhaps form a defence, but only if it was articulated as such by the defence council alongside a full and frank confession of all crimes.

Lord Gregorious Gemmell
Advisor to the Emperor
Imperial Ruling Council

Park cleared his throat, and a raspy voice, one none that knew him would recognize, came out. "Your honor..." he said, smiling at hearing something come from his mouth for the first time in years. "On the count of Fratricide, I do plead Not Guilty. While my subordinates were involved in that action, it was a decision made by the commander of the ground troops in question, and the Star Destroyer in orbit above their position..." he said, before sitting once more as his legs gave out from under him. "My apologies your honor, but I will have to sit. No disrespect is intended in any way, but my physical condition and years of torture appear to have weakened my body. As I was saying, I was more directly involved at that time diresting the general operation, and concerned with fleet combat rather than ground operations. I never issued any orders concerning the action in question, I believe that is concerning the Storm Commandos unfortunately lost. It is unfortunate, and regretable, what happened. However I do not believe this charge should stand against me, as I was not involved in the direst decision making process that lead to this event, other than the deployment order to the Storm Commandos. Should this charge still stand against my being, I would say it should stand under charges of Dereliction of Duty, due to not ensuring proper decisions were made. As for Desertion, I ask that this charge be dropped. The reasoning being that, at that time, as it was several years later, there was a severe breakdown of command structure, and indeed Director Isard's orders were illegal. I'm afraid my defense team misinterpreted my statements on Coruscant. It was my own decision at the end of the battle for what forces of ours that remained to evacuate, and regroup later for a counteroffensive. I felt that Isard's orders were eventually illegal, and her order to fight down to the last man was...misguided, considering the state of the command structure and our forces at the time. I apoligize to your honor for the misunderstanding on this event, but I refer to my state of being only a mere few days ago being the source of the confusion. Should any charges stand on this, please lay them upon myself. And however you wish to interpret my actions at Coruscant, charge me as such, but I do not feel I deserted at any point, and plead not guilty. As for the charges of Dereliction of Duty and Genocide, I do plead guilty, however will tell you personally, I was not of a proper mental state during the Vjun Massacre. As such, the charged of Dereliction of Duty, and should the charge of Fratricide stand, I submit an Insanity plea for the mental state I was in at that time." he said, then taking a long drink of water. He give a sigh, that sounded almost pleasured, before continuing.

"To summarize...the charge of Fratricide, I argue it should be folded under the charge of Dereliction of Duty. Should it not be, I plead Guilty and Insane. On the charge of Genocide and Dereliction of Duty, I plead Guilty and Insane. On the charge of Desertion, I pleade Not Guilty and argue that the charge should be dropped." he said, finalizing his personal arguement. He was barely able to speak by the time he was done, the fatigue and hell he had been through evident. Despite everything, he was a lion of a man, and would fight to the end. It was a triumph that he was even able to form coherent thoughts at the moment, let alone speak or even attempt to stand. But he made his own personal case, despite clearly struggling to physically continue. Should it be decided that he were to be executed, he would at least have gone out in his own words and by his own accord, per se.

Colonel Tiberius "Nightwolf" Aurelius
Imperial Navy Starfighter Corps
Prince of Deralia

" Without blood, without tears... there is no glory, there is no honor."

Indeed, the charges against Admiral Park and, indeed, Admiral Park himself cannot be discussed without addressing the adventure at Vjun which, more than any other event in his career, has come to define the man, his deeds, and his character. Tens of thousands of soldiers and crew, and hundreds of thousands of Imperial subjects perished as a result of this campaign in which nothing of strategic importance was accomplished—it is a legacy from which he shall never escape and, as the court has suggested, his instigation of these events necessarily colors his sentencing here today.

With respect to the one thousand thirteen counts of fratricide, the court believes that Admiral Park was, at best, woefully oblivious to the predicament of his soldiers, as he was "concerned with fleet combat than ground operations," and maintains that he was uninvolved in bombarding their formation from orbit even though the use of his own Star Destroyer's weapons for this purpose would have detracted from the fleet operations in which he claims to have been involved so studiously. In the opinion of the bench, this is a gross failure of leadership in and of itself. However, as the defendant does seem, evidently, to have been uninvolved in his surface campaign, he is found Not Guilty of Fratricide, on all counts. He is, however, indirectly responsible for their deaths, as, again, he instigated the events at Vjun and consented to send his soldiers into battle without adequate preparation, air support, or reinforcements. The deaths of these 1,013 men should weigh on the Admiral's conscience every night as he goes to sleep.

As should the deaths of the people of Vjun. There is no question, in the opinion of the bench, that Admiral Park intended, in a sane and premeditated manner, to commit genocide upon this world. This much is evident from his statements on the subject ("Right now I could destroy you, dismantle your entire government, slaughter every being on this wasteland, and wipe this world from galactic maps"). It is true that Vjun was, at the time, a world in a state of rebellion against the Empire and that, accordingly, stern measures were justified in the interest of pacifying the planet into a cooperative, compliant and contributing Imperial world. This, however, was clearly not Admiral Park's intent—rather, he intended to kill every being on the planet, every laborer, bureaucrat, noble, and so on. It appears that the impetus for this was not simply Vjun's state of rebellion against the Empire, but its outspoken refusal to acknowledge the legitimacy of Admiral Park's "New Imperial Order" faction which, indeed, was not legitimate.

This is not a justification to murder 500,000 beings.

Admiral Park has pleaded and is found Guilty of Genocide.

All of the actions heretofore mentioned constitute various forms of dereliction of duty—1.) usurpation, for claiming lawful authority over Imperial worlds without the permission of the Imperial Ruling Council, 2.) negligence, for the manner in which he neglected his soldiers on Vjun, and 3.) conduct unbecoming, for waging his disasterous campaign upon Vjun in the first place when, clearly, there was no strategic purpose for doing so. On all three of these counts of Dereliction of Duty, Admiral Park has pleaded and is found Guilty.

With respect to the charge of desertion, there can be no doubt that the events surrounding the fall of Imperial Center were confusing and, moreover, embarassing to the Empire. Much of the blame for this episode falls upon Ysanne Isard, the Director of Imperial Intelligence who, at the time, was in de facto command of Imperial Center. The bench does not believe Admiral Park to bear significant responsibility for the loss of the planet to Rebel forces, since the resources at his disposal, provided by Director Isard, were inadequate for the task. However, the Imperial Ruling Council—which specifically placed Admiral Park at his post on Imperial Center—did not disappear when the planet fell. It continued to govern the Empire from the planet Ord Cantrell and, later, on Bastion as Council of Moffs. Reporting to them would have been the proper course of action.

Instead, the Admiral's decision to flee (and especially to flee into the Unknown Regions) appears, in the opinion of the bench, to be an act of desertion, perhaps in order to avoid what he anticipated to be repercussions for his failure to defend Imperial Center and his collusion with Director Isard. Although Admiral Park eventually joined the forces of Grand Admiral Thrawn, which were recognized by the Ruling Council, the court does not believe that Admiral Park intended to do so when he fled to the Unknown Regions, because Thrawn's presence in those regions was not known to Park at that time and, indeed, he did not find and join with Thrawn for another two years. He is, thus, found Guilty of Desertion.

Sentencing Admiral Park for his crimes is a difficult task. The bench concurs with the prosecution that the severity of these crimes outweighs any leniency that might have otherwise be allowed to him on account of his exemplary service to the Empire. He is, accordingly, sentenced to 160 months in prison (approximately 13 years). However, his 105 months of imprisonment and torture on the planet Leirooine will be considered time and a half, or 158 months, of his sentence already served. He will serve the remaining 2 months of his sentence in the Rimcee Station Detention Facility. He is also demoted to Private, his medals are hereby revoked, and he is to be dishonorably discharged from the Imperial Navy.

The bailiff will escort Private Park to await transfer to Rimcee Station. The court is adjourned.