Bothan Spynet

The Bothan Spynet was a well-organized intelligence network and an extension of the Bothan Way that developed in the millenia before the Great Sith War, expanding greatly around the time of the the Old Sith Wars. It was constructed as a means to collect intelligence on potential political enemies, which to Bothans, included all individuals, species and governments, particularly the Galactic Empire. No other spy network in the galaxy could claim the level and expansion of Bothan Spynet; the Spynet consisted of thousands of spies, informants and data collection droids that fed into a centralized command structure. Using trade, bribery, espionage and observation, the Spynet obtained information from every corner of the galaxy. Despite many other species being active agents of the Bothan Spynet, positions of authority were filled almost exclusively by Bothans.

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