Gustav Klimt Kiss painting

Gustav Klimt Kiss painting
Nude on the Beach
One Moment in Time
As Tarkin's gaze roved around the table a razor-thin smile of satisfactionremained frozen in his features. "The Imperial Senate will no longer be of anyconcern to us, gentlemen. I have just receive word that the Emperor haspermanently dissolved that misguided body." A ripple of astonishment ran through the assembly. "The last remnants," Tarkincontinued, "of the Old Republic have finally been swept away." "This is impossible," Tagge interjected. "How will the Emperor maintaincontrol of the Imperial bureau-crazy?" "Senatorial representation has not been formally abolished, you mustunderstand," Tarkin explained. "It has merely been superseded for the—" he smileda bit more—"duration of the emergency. Regional Governors will now have directcontrol and a free hand in administering their territories. This means that theImperial presence can at last be brought to bear properly on the vacillating worlds ofthe Empire. From now on, fear will keep potentially traitorous local government inline. Fear of the Imperial fleet—and fear of this battle station."