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DUNE 2000 3
THE PADISHAH EMPEROR FREDERICK IV RULER
OF THE KNOWN UNIVERSE
The Emperor Frederick IV, of House Corrino,rules the
galaxy from the Golden Lion Throne on Kaitan. The
Emperor’s strength lies with his Sardaukar terror
troops — his soldier fanatics. The Sardaukar training
facility is on Salusa Secundus, the Imperial prison
planet. One Sardaukar can take ten ordinary
Landsraad conscripts.
Aside from military might, the Emperor controls the
one true source of power in the galaxy - the Spice
Melange, found only on Arrakis. With the price of
Melange on the Imperial market up beyond 500,000
Solaris per decagram, the Emperor knows that every
Major - and Minor - House in the Empire seeks the
wealth of Arrakis for itself. And so the Emperor trusts
no one. Which brings us to the Emperor’s challenge
for Arrakis. It is highly illogical that Frederick would
offer all Dune to the victors. Frederick would never
volunteer Governorship of Arrakis, and a share in
revenues, to either the Harkonnen, Atreides, or the
Ordos. I suspect he is playing each House against each
other, to increase Spice production, and eliminate all
potential threats to his throne in one bloody contest.
Whatever the case, knowing my Lord as I do -
somewhat intimately - I assure you, there is rather more to the situation on Arrakis than
meets the eye.