Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20170820181519

Observers are a semi-secretive branch of the Vigilistum (Police force) they revolve around both 'thought crimes' and dragging out confessions from certain individuals. They do this by a machine known as a 'Confessio' which is a 'mind chair' is in one is plugged into the chair and their memories and thoughts are open for the Observer to see and only hurts slightly. Mind Chairs where created to drag out confession that cannot be tampered or false truths as regular torture could produce such results.

Observers themselves are not only thought police they are also spies and assassins used to rather silently monitor and take out dangerous threats to the state if necessary. For this purpose they use all sorts of weapons from frequency weapons (To stun and distract a target), Scream droids (To terrorize certain segments of the populace), and finally the handy gun or sword to dispatch targets beyond saving.

Observers tend to be either made within the cloning vats or are recruited from the orphaned children of slain Imperial officials or officers. They are trained for very young ages to both love the Emperor and to kill his foes without remorse or mercy. They are also highly augmented with various genetic and cybernetic enhancements like better eye sight, robotic limbs, larger and more powerful organs, and so on.

Observers (at least the assassin variety) don't exist on paper and nor do it's members. They are quite literally untraceable within the Rin bureaucracy and records. Thus if a official of another nation is killed by a Observer you technically and legally can't trace it to the Empire or even blame the Empire. A fun loop hole the Rin abuse. 