Life is a journey, a path on itself...

In secret I raised a fund for lesser fortunate people. There were more than enough credits on than the government of Bastion really had themselves. The fund ran at the Galactic Capital Bank, just as I had there a few bank accounts. From that fund some students received money so that they could study. I had only called it Galactic Support Fund, the benefactor was unknown. Through my access I kept watch over those who received funding and if they used the money for what it was meant for. I wanted to see them listed as students at the academy. It was other teachers who recommended the fund to students who were too poor to pay the study to become a naval officer.

Two years passed by where the fund gave chanceless students opportunities that would otherwise had been impossible from them. Most were happy and grateful for the fund and did their best in college and practice. From outside the Empire I received eventually also requests for money so other chanceless people could follow an education. The Support Fund was only meant for the Imperial Academy, so I denied those requests. But it brought me to another idea of raising another fund, Basic Support. I mailed anonymous back that they could try to get it by that fund. In that time I traveled a few times to Coruscant and raised two offices in what had been in earlier times a resident of the deceased Lord Vader. The address was unoccupied and sealed. So that building received a new purpose after a thorough clean up and new furnishing. Also I attracted people for the jobs and instructed them to run it properly. I would keep eye on the accounts and see if the transfers were fair. The employers were all selected on absolute loyalty toward me. So would the wealth of my great-grandfather partly be spent to good causes?
On that route I discovered two other dormant funds rose once long ago by its illustrious owner. Those who had ever received money from it were long deceased and since then the accounts coming with the funds had grown considerably. I transferred both funds to my own name. One was named Lord Vader Fund, the other Emperor’s Fund. The money going with the last I transferred to that one named after my great-grandfather and then I allowed the Emperor’s Fund vanish into oblivion. So in the end I had three funds on my name. The first two were meant for education, the last one I hadn’t found yet a purpose for. I kept that one in my own hands. Perhaps I would give it in the future to my own son, if I ever got one.

The Basis Support Fund became known among students and with the amount of people who depended on it, also the office on Coruscant grew. Why it was domestic in an old building that once belonged to Lord Vader and somehow still did. As they tried to find out who the owner was of the fund they found still his name. On his name they found also that one of the Galactic Support Fund. But Lord Vader was dead and thus someone else run the company on his name. The Holonews brought it out. And headlines were there, how Vader’s ghost could accomplish all of this? I knew he couldn’t, but the world outside me was not so certain about it.

Inside the academy this news was acknowledged with objections. The vice admiral said nothing more about the news, but he had so his ideas. I was left alone and not being bothered with all the strangeness around my person. The funds were greatly approved, because it was really something good. Lord Vader kept them puzzling. After the initiation of my R15 astromech droid I used my full clearance much lesser to draw most suspicion away. None was aware of it yet, but one day it would be discovered. High level clearance was not something you received easily. In class I didn’t need it, but outside with orders I got and news I received I did need it. The clearance code going with my rank as commander was unused. Behind it existed no record at all. But that was not traceable, because I had that file locked under my other clearance code, and that singled everyone out who tried to access it, including the vice admiral, and the chancellor in Bastion. Intelligence was not able to give detail. In a staff meeting soon time following, this is issue was brought up by the major of intelligence, who had the case under his care. I was not attended, because I was at that moment for a visit onboard my stardestroyer and was reading the latest report from an agent located in the Lahara Sector, there were the system of Agamar was located. A rebellion was going on there, and an outcome could mean if democracy would stay there or a dictatorship would arise, and with that a new war. I wouldn’t allow the borders of the Empire being threatened. Research told me that the rebellion was being lead by a strong Force user who held other ideas than the democracy what reined the planet now. Something said to me that this rebellion leader would win and thus a war would come in the nearby future. I kept the computer locked on updates.
The members of the staff meeting had a hard time to explore why intelligence had no access to my commander files. It was already clear that it protected by codes than ran higher than the vice admiral. The grand admiral of the navy was invited but also he could not get access toward my files. The only thing remaining was to call me and ask how it could. And so they did. Only I was still onboard the Persuitor and had other concerns at my attention.