JULIA HIPORI, CEO, DEAD IN 'TARGETED ATTACK' AT HEART OF THE EMPIRES DEFENSIVE INDUSTRY
Reknowned CEO, Julia Hipori has been confirmed dead in a 'targeted terror attack' directed at the Imperial defensive industry, Imperial sources have confirmed. The attack, which is the latest in a slue of attacks carried out by what the Empire claims are targeted strikes by a mercenaries from the Hutt Cartel, took place earlier today.
The exact death toll has not been confirmed, and reports that it has lead to a distruption in Imperial supply lines have been played down by the Empire, who claimed they have 'strategic reserves in place in the event of sudden or unexpected disruptions to our capabilities'.
Speaking to the Herald today, the Empire confirmed that the board of Imperial Czerka had been replaced following the death of the CEO, in 'partnership with the ISB', leading some to express doubts as to the nature of this attack - claiming it was an ISB operation intended to 'centralise power to the security services'.
Ms Hipori, who is survived by her husband and two children, Jason and Tion, had a long career in business and politics. Born on Corellia, Julia lived on the streets following the death of her parents, before joining the Blackwell MegaCorporation, where she rose through the ranks to become a member of its board.
From there she was to join the Government of the ISC, where she served as Secretary for Intergalactic Affairs at the outbreak of the AMS pandemic. A close confidant of President Thorne, she was to co-found Canto Hyperspace Logistics with him, a business she is understood to still hold an interest in upon the occassion of her death.
She was an investor in the Systech Corporation, and leveraged her shares there to buy into Czerka, spinning a section of the company off and working a deal with the Emperor Emer-Drast to found a new form, Imperial Czerka, which she was the founding CEO of.
Considered by her peers to be one of the most brilliant minds in galactic business, she served as a Senator for the Corporate Sector, and latterly for the Empire. She is the first Imperial Senator to die in office. Julia died at the age of 52. Leaders from across the Galaxy have paid tribute to the 'titan of commerce', with President Thorne, and the Blackwell CEO Newton, expressing their condolences in statements broadcast as the news broke.
The attack, which struck at the heart of the Empire, is understood to have taken many lives, and to have rendered the Imperial Czerka HQ on Raxus Prime 'inoperarable'.
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