Coruscant Security Force/Legends
The Coruscant Security Force (CSF), also known as the Coruscant Police or the Coruscant Constabulary, and depending on the era, less commonly known as the Imperial Sector Police, Galactic City Police, and Republic Security, was the primary police force in charge of maintaining law and order on the galactic capital planet of Coruscant during the reigns of the Galactic Republic, the Galactic Empire, the New Republic, and the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances. Its duties included regular patrols of Galactic City, criminal investigations, counter-terrorism and counter-intelligence operations, crowd control, diplomatic protection, maintaining the world's skylanes, and, in some cases, the military defense of Coruscant. Early during the Republic, the CSF was commanded by the Chief of Security and centuries later by the Coruscant Security Force Senior Command, later the Sector Command. As the Empire established its rule, control of the CSF was changed from the Sector Command to a Commander, that position itself later replaced by a Commissioner. The CSF operations were based out of a central headquarters and various divisional headquarters.
The New Republic captured Coruscant in 6 ABY, disbanded the Coruscant Guard, and reinstated the CSF as the primary law enforcement agency.
Description
Duties and overview
The Coruscant Security Force was tasked with providing law enforcement and security on the galactic capital of Coruscant.
Organization and units
During the Galactic Empire, the CSF was headed by a commissioner.[2]
History
The Galactic Empire
Changes and political dissent
Imperial stormtroopers were assigned to the CSF and worked with the regular officers.[5]
The New Republic
New government and changes
- "You want us to make you the Commissioner of the Coruscant Constabulary?"
- ―Doman Beruss of the New Republic Provisional Council to Fliry Vorru
The New Republic captured Coruscant from Imperial forces[5] in 6 ABY.[3] During the battle, sixteen of the galaxy's worst criminals, who had been freed from the prison colony of Kessel by the New Republic, were set loose on Coruscant. They caused criminal riots and distracted CSF stormtroopers and other security forces, which helped the New Republic capture the planet.[5] In the aftermath of the New Republic victory, the Krytos virus, an attack by Ysanne Isard, was released on Coruscant targeting the planet's non-human population. Its only cure could be found in bacta and as supplies dwindled, a black market grew to meet the demand. Though most of the Imperial bureaucracy had been left in place, the use of stormtroopers had been rejected by the New Republic Provisional Council and so the Constabulary stormtroopers and Coruscant Guard had been disbanded. Faced with a crisis and the basic need for law enforcement, the Provisional Council ordered the formation of the New Republic Security Force though found it would take time to organize the new agency to an effective level. In the interim, former Corellian Moff Fliry Vorru offered to supply law enforcement needs in the Coruscant Underworld. He rejected the idea of becoming the Coruscant Constabulary's Commissioner and instead, with the Provisional Council's hesitant blessing, he was given a rank of Colonel in the Coruscant Constabulary and formed the Imperial Center People's Militia which "policed" the Coruscant underworld. However, Vorru became a pawn of Ysanne Isard and fled the planet with her a short time later.[2] At some point soon after, the use of the name Coruscant Constabulary was dropped in favor of Coruscant Security and it was reinstated as the primary law enforcement agency for Coruscant.[4]
Military actions
- "Thanks for the escort. Coruscant Security will take it from here."
- ―Admiral Ackbar to the New Republic military escort
In 23 ABY, the CSF was involved in a military incident between the New Republic Defense Fleet and the Second Imperium—a faction of the Imperial Remnant led by the Dark Jedi Brakiss and the Nightsisters Tamith Kai. In their bid to recapture the galaxy, they learned of the bulk cruiser Adamant, which was carrying turbolasers and hyperdrive cores to Coruscant. Because Admiral Gial Ackbar was in command of the vessel, it was guarded by fourteen corvettes and a number of X-wings and E-wings, which escorted the bulk cruiser to Coruscant before handing it over to the CSF. In the few minutes of transition between the two forces, a Second Imperium Imperial Assault Shuttle, hidden by the cloaking capabilities of the Second Imperium's Shadow Academy, appeared and attacked the Adamant, with the shuttle's crew boarding the cruiser. Though they called for CSF assistance, the crew was forced into escape pods and jettisoned. New Republic and CSF forces attempted to halt the hijacked Adament, but the cruiser managed to escape.[4]
Behind the scenes
The Coruscant Security Force first appeared in three novels of the X-Wing series that were written by Michael A. Stackpole. First identified as the "Coruscant Constabulary," they appeared or were mentioned in X-Wing: Wedge's Gamble, X-Wing: The Krytos Trap, and X-Wing: The Bacta War, published on May 2, 1996, October 2, 1996, and February 6, 1997, respectively. Specifically the novel Wedge's Gamble noted that the Coruscant Constabulary worked with stormtroopers to provide security on the capital.[5] However, the "civilian" constabulary appeared to be intended as comparatively small in number and unable to handle policing on their own, as the loss of stormtroopers to augment security becomes a vital plot point in The Krytos Trap.[2] This retconned the 1997 special edition of Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi into becoming the CSF's first visual appearance in the form of brief shots of a stormtrooper being attacked by revolting Coruscanti.[6] This storyline was also continued in the comic series Star Wars: Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand, published beginning in 1998, which explained that Ysanne Isard subsequently took control of Coruscant's security forces and brutally put down the revolt using Coruscant security stormtroopers.[1]
Appearances
"The Rival" – The Far Orbit Project (as Imperial Center Security)- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (First appearance) (Introduced in Special Edition)
- Star Wars: Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand
- X-Wing: Wedge's Gamble (First identified as Coruscant Constabulary)
- X-Wing: The Krytos Trap (as Coruscant Constabulary)
- X-Wing: The Bacta War (Mentioned only as Coruscant Constabulary)
- Young Jedi Knights: The Lost Ones
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars: Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 X-Wing: The Krytos Trap
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The departure of the Lusankya, which The Essential Guide to Warfare states occurs in 7 ABY, happens between 7-8 weeks after the Liberation of Coruscant. Per The Essential Atlas, the Liberation occurs on 42:2:17, so the Lusankya's departure is approximately 42:4:17. Per Warfare's placement of the Battle of Selaggis in 7 ABY, the Atlas's placement of Selaggis on 43:2:28, and the Atlas's placement of the Battle of Yavin in 35:3, a three-month gap between the Great ReSynchronization and Galactic Standard Calendar can be confirmed. Thus, the Liberation, which occurs on 42:2:17, occurs before the year 7 ABY begins, and must fall in 6 ABY. The same can be said for the remainder of the Coruscant campaign that occurs prior to the Liberation.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Young Jedi Knights: The Lost Ones
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 X-Wing: Wedge's Gamble
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi