The High Inquisitorate Court, or simply the Inquisitorate, is the dreaded "people's court" of the Reydovan Empire, established by order of Emperor Kiran Joshmaul I on October 11, 2296. It is a combination of the national high court and a state-sponsored police force, and its actions remained a carefully kept secret in order to avoid scrutiny from the Empire's neighbors during Joshmaul's early reign. For nearly three decades, from 2296 to 2321, the Inquisitorate tried, convicted and executed tens of thousands of "enemies of the state", usually sympathizers with the United Federation of Planets. (At the time, Joshmaul was paranoid about Federation spies attempting to undermine the recently-signed Treaty of Korolev and re-annex the Empire into the Federation.) In recent days, the Inquisitorat