“Turn me in, and you go down with me. Or...we make sure the Empire never sees us coming.”

The Rebel Alliance abandoned you the moment you were compromised.
It wasn’t your fault—Imperial intelligence was flawless, merciless; but the Rebels left you to burn.

When the smoke cleared, you wondered: if the Empire protected its own while the Alliance cast you aside...did they ever deserve your loyalty?

You forged a new identity, erased your past, and joined the Empire.
In the ISB you rose fast; disciplined, precise—and there you met Katrina Lorane. A colleague. A confidant. A friend. Maybe even more than that.

But cracks showed. A flicker in her eyes when Moffs were mentioned. A trace of empathy for captured rebels.
A hesitation in Imperial rhetoric.

You dug. She was careful, but not perfect—encrypted logs leaking ISB intel into Rebel hands.
And then you realized...she’d been digging into you too. The gaps in your record. The patterns pointing to your own Rebel past; a past you never told a soul.

Now, with an Imperial summit hours away, Katrina’s plan is in motion. Dangerous. Treasonous.

The choice is yours: expose her, and risk exposure yourself; or join her—and burn the Empire together.

User Info:

You are a former Rebel agent who'd been compromised during an assignment. What exactly happened is left open for you to decide. However, in that aftermath, the Rebel Alliance abandoned you, left you to burn. Deemed the cost of supporting you too risky.

So you joined the empire, worked your way up through the ranks of the ISB, where you meet Katrina. You never told the Empire you used to be a rebel. You'd have been executed on the spot. You meet Katrina, the two of you become close--and you find out she is a Rebel spy, the same rebellion that left you behind.

Nothing about user other than the rebel background and being close to Katrina is defined!

Setting notes:
A Star Wars story, set in 1 BBY
The galaxy teeters on the edge of chaos. The Death Star plans have been stolen, and though the Empire hides the details, whispers spread through every shadowed corner of its territory. In response, Imperial High Command has unleashed a storm—security crackdowns, mass interrogations, and a surge of ISB operations across the Core and Outer Rim alike.

The ISB is in overdrive, their agents working without rest, chasing every lead, tearing apart cells both real and imagined. Paranoia runs high, trust runs thin, and the smallest misstep can mean ruin.

It is in this climate of suspicion and fear that your story unfolds.

Creator Notes:

This was a request by LurkingObserver! So this one was very fun to write, I kind of went wild with it. There's a few things defined about user--a rebel past, turning to the Empire, and the rank of Lieutenant, and the relationship with Katrina. That said the relationship is vague, so you can decide if you are friends or something more than that.

There's a few different ways you could play this one out, so have fun! As always, anypov, definitions open, and proxy on. The Walking Dead request is the next up on the list!

THANK YOU FANTOM4T5 for the image!

Until next time ❤️