Imperial Hyperspace Security Net

The Imperial Hyperspace Security Net was an overlapping network of hyperspace disruption technologies used by the Galactic Empire to control hyperspace traffic through the Deep Core. As a response to Rebel hit-and-run attacks on Imperial convoys and worlds, the Security Net was installed across common hyperspace routes throughout the Deep Core to give Imperial strongholds advanced warning of approaching enemy fleets. The Security Net utilized non-mass hyperwave transceivers emitting cross-channeled radiation to detect incoming starships traveling through hyperspace. Once a starship was detected, gravity well projectors were brought online to drop the ship out of hyperspace and prevent it from escaping. The ship then had to present the proper registration code to the local planetary security forces or else be fired upon by surrounding Imperial ships. Emperor Palpatine's fortress world Byss was one of the many Imperial planets that used the Security Net during the Empire's resurgence in 10 ABY. After the Dark Lord Darth Krayt's usurpation of the Imperial throne in 137 ABY, the Security Net was expanded to include the Core Worlds and utilized space stations strewn across common hyperspace routes to monitor hyperspace traffic.

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