The Imperial Department of Scientific and Military Research is a government department and state-owned corporation of the Galactic Empire responsible for researching the uses of and developing new super-weapons, technologies, battle-stations, and warships for use by the Imperial Army and Navy. The Department supervised and coordinated the construction of the Orange Star with Federation Fleet Systems, Skywalker Industries, and Youngian Industries. The Department itself produced the steel and quadanium plating, painting, weapons and defenses, superlaser, and barracks of the station.