I, Admiral/story

Prologue
The wizened old man stood next to the Emperor at the podium. "Let the minutes show that the motion has carried, by a margin of 731 votes yea to 269 votes nay. It shall hereby be unlawful to possess, transport, create, or conspire to create battle stations, excepting those installed by or otherwised approved of by a quorum of Department of Homeworld Security officials. It shall be unlawful to possess, transport, create, or conspire toc create warships of any magnitude larger than the legal classifications for frigates, unless by the permission of a majority of the Hyperspace Security Comittee and approved of by a majority of the full Senate. Failure to adhere to the aforementioned stipulations will result in immediate confiscation of contraband craft and up to 1/3 the life expectancy of the species of the perpetrator or 3,000,000 Imperial Credits, formerly Republic Credits. Signed: Palpatine, Sate Pestage, Mas Amedda.