The Empire — [ she chuckles, mirthless. while she is a very young woman and clearly full of curiosity and an exuberance for talking shit, the bitterness in those two words could chill an ice cap, grip on cassian's hand going too tight. ] The Empire makes a habit of it.

[ the empire can get fucked. ]

Planets that aren't hollowed out for natural resources are subjugated, oppressed, enslaved. But slowly, by bits, so no one protests until it's too far gone and the people benefitting from it can turn a blind eye.

[ especially if the planet being ruined is non-human. ]