The ESHELON System (Part 1)
- Jonathan Carmona
- Aug 22
- 3 min read
Updated: 1 day ago
HERE FOLLOWS an INTRODUCTION and OVERVIEW:
Within the Intergalactic Empire's multi galaxy government exists an gargantuan entity that straddles, more than any other branch of the Emperial military; a vast interconnected network of both military and civilian people, systems, facilities and assets all dedicated to providing oversight and accountability for every connected citizen, associate, interstellar neighbor, starship, technologically enhanced building, and electronic device.
This system is called the ESHELON system and this is a rare Emperial acronym standing for the Emperial, Surveillance, Hoarding, Enterprise, Logistical, Oversight, Nexus. though many in the Eshelon leadership don't accept this terminology or acronym, the system is known this way by many in the civilian and wider lower ranking world.
The system has numerous hubs built into numerous capitol ships, space stations, and planetary bases though the actual central hub exists in another dimension created by Lord Vondor for ultimate security reasons and is accessible to only about five top level Emperial personnel. What the system is practically speaking is the interconnected computer technology of all Emperial coms, tablets, computers, or computer terminals, and display devices and speakers and audio devices; etc. These are all tapped into by their own electronic and communication connections to be monitored and overseen by numerous Ai type computer systems and Eshelon agents as well as a massive amount of Emperial civilians who regularly use the system to verify, authenticate, check up on, or interreact with one another. But it is also clandestinely used to spy and gather information on suspicious individuals. Thus this system holds accountability to everyone who uses Emperial technology of any kind. Even on Terra or Earth, every single remaining cell phone, radio, television, or computer is connected into this system by the year 2022.
While you as a likely reader from Earth might see this as Orwellian or a super spy state, it is not quite of this connotation as it is not super secretive and is accessible by all - even non Emperials. The catch is that anyone you spy on will be informed of such Eshelon access unless they are actively involved in nefarious activity or you are a high level Empirial Agent or of Grand Admiral/General military rank of higher; though there are exceptions to this rule. No ranking military person, not even the Intergalactic Grand Marshall can abuse this power to simply spy for his own pleasure. The system was designed to be used for any need to know situation. As such Emperial law enforcement and military strategists will make use of the Eshelon system anytime they require its surveillance oversight and data to track criminals and discern the truth of any given case. Thus this system helps to prevent crime to a very high degree since most Emperials know and understand that they will get caught unless they commit their crime outside of or away from any Emperial technology that would otherwise record them in audio, visual, or some other scannable form or fashion. Those foolish individuals who don't understand or forget how pervasive the technology is quickly find themselves facing court and criminal charges. Most crimes are acts of passion perpetuated by those who are emotionally compromised and know full well that they will be caught.
Only powerful magicians, mages, or other super powered individuals could easily mask their actions from the system though any obvious masking without contextual clues or evidence for its being used for good will be flagged and monitored or sent for monitoring to the next available Eshelon Agent. And more or less such flagging and monitoring will not produce any action unless an overt crime or breach of rights is documented. Again; the whole purpose of this system is to provide far reaching and all encompassing accountability. Nothing private that necessitates privacy is ever divulged or shown to any who do not need to know. Thus you cannot spy on your Emperial neighbor with this system as it will not allow you to unless you have reason to seek out valid hidden information for the purposes of protecting a citizen's right, life, or property. And even in these cases, most times the individual whose assets or person you wish to spy on will still be informed of your surveillance. More to come on this both in the Lord Vondor series books and here on the web page posts.

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