Tranner Doctrine

"A fruitful peace does a quiet people make."

- An famous extract from the letters.

Tranner Doctrine was the informal name given to the suggested Imperial policy proposed by Maximian Tranner regarding the occupation of former  worlds during the.

Taking the form of several private letters exchanged between Tranner and his mentor and fellow Moff, the documents outlined Tranner's vision for the Empire, wherein the Empire would solidify its hegemony in the Outer Rim through affecting positive change in rowdy systems.

Tranner's plan included rebuilding the infrastructure of the worlds decimated during the and breathing new life into their economies. By winning over the trust of the outlying systems, the Empire could more easily occupy and integrate these worlds into the realm without being forced to rely upon fear and threat of force to quell dissent.

Tranner's recommendations largely fell upon deaf ears until the fall of the Empire. With the birth of the Galactic Empire of the Core Worlds and Colonies, Tranner instituted political reforms based upon his earlier work as outlined in the Doctrine.

Extracts
"True power is not built upon fear. When does an animal fight its fiercest? When its back is to the wall, with nothing left to lose and everything to gain. Fear may oppress and silence for a time, but sooner or later, the disgusted and harried people will bring you to book and drag you alive through the dirt in the streets. True power is built upon love. If you can inspire love and devotion in your constituents, to the point that they worship the ground upon which you deign to walk, you can order the realm to your whim."

- Extract from The Letters of Grand Moff Maximian Tranner, Letter #3, dated 14 BBY

Behind the scenes
Part of the text of the extract is a direct reference to the last words of, a member of the to assassinate Adolf Hitler. The dialogue was used in a markedly different context in real life, but the author believed the phraseology too apt to pass up.