Royce Hemlock

Royce Hemlock was a human male doctor and scientist who served the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars and later the Galactic Empire as chief scientist of the clandestine Advanced Science Division and spearheaded Project Necromancer, a secret clone research project that was considered to be of great importance to Emperor Palpatine for the longevity of the Galactic Empire.

Hemlock was originally an officer in the science corps of the Galactic Republic and became acquainted with the Kaminoan Chief Medical Scientist Nala Se but would be expelled in disgrace due to his unorthodox experiments. Coming to prominence during the early Imperial Era, Hemlock was assigned to the highly classified Tantiss Base during or after 18 BBY in order to lead operations of the Imperial cloning program, where he held ambitions of ascending to the position of scientific minister and sought to fully unlock secrets known only to the Kaminoans for an envisioned enlightened society.

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