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| - In the Golden Empire, a Consul was the governor of a planet or system. Consuls were initially appointed directly by the Sovereign to serve indefinitely at her pleasure, and acted as political, judicial, and military leaders on the system or systems in their charge. As part of the 65 Reforms, Procurators were given authority to appoint Consuls in their sectors. No system in the Empire answered directly to Rin without intermediary, but she declared that the Consuls of Quadia and Kavez Massass would always report to her personally.
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| - In the Golden Empire, a Consul was the governor of a planet or system. Consuls were initially appointed directly by the Sovereign to serve indefinitely at her pleasure, and acted as political, judicial, and military leaders on the system or systems in their charge. As part of the 65 Reforms, Procurators were given authority to appoint Consuls in their sectors. Existing solely in the Unknown Regions until 137 ABY, the Golden Empire acquired many systems which had not developed hyperspace capability, and some whose inhabited planets had not yet formed a single government binding on all citizens of the world. When such a fragmented system was absorbed into the Empire, Rin Sakaros would usually appoint it a Royal Consul to help smooth the transition for the newly-united citizens and introduce the Empire's culture. In addition, Consuls served to catalogue a system's resources and streamline their use for the Empire. In these circumstances, Consuls worked closely with the Royal Integration Corps and the Resource Council. In the case of systems which had already united under a single government by the time they were acquired by the Golden Empire, most would initially be assigned Consuls. In the event of a system already led by a single individual, once the Empire's culture had had time to permeate the society, Rin would sometimes simply install that individual as a Royal Consul, keeping the entire existing governmental structure in place with another name. An example of the latter was Syr'ei, Regent and Consul of Daispin. No system in the Empire answered directly to Rin without intermediary, but she declared that the Consuls of Quadia and Kavez Massass would always report to her personally.
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