Dominion University
To Know is to Rule.
Within High Dominion in Carano City, where marble terraces overlook the city and the River Mart gleams below, construction has completed on Dominion University, the intellectual crown of the Zula Dominion. Built to rival the finest institutions in the Tharin Sector, the University will stand as both a citadel of knowledge and a monument to the Dominion’s enduring order.To Know is to Rule.
The campus spreads across multiple tiers, the highest reserved for the Chancellor’s Forum and the Tower of Oratory, with descending terraces devoted to the five grand faculties. To the north, the land transitions into Lunacor Heights, where many of the Dominion’s great families maintain estates and from which most of the University’s future students will come. It is said the university was deliberately positioned to overlook both the seat of power and the homes of privilege, a symbolic bridge between governance and legacy.
Purpose and Prestige
Dominion University was conceived as a centre of learning for the Dominion's future leaders. Its graduates will not toil in factories or starports, but instead become administrators, military officers and thinkers. This purpose contrasts starkly with Zula University located in Torren's Landing, where the education is focused on more practical applications of knowledge.The university is currently home to five distinct faculties, four of which seem to neatly fit this purpose. The fifth however, is something of an oddity, with a focus on hard science and engineering. It appears the Dark Lord personally insisted on this unusual addition.
Faculty of Governance and Law
The heart of the University’s mission: to train those who will rule the Dominion alongside their Sith masters, serve in its ministries, and shape policy.Programmes
- Dominion Jurisprudence and Imperial Code.
- Comparative Planetary Governance.
- Ethics and Enforcement.
- Administrative Power and Policy Formation.
- Public Order and Compliance Management.
- Economic Regulation and Political Control.
Faculty of Economics and Political Order
Focused on the manipulation of markets, resources, and influence to maintain Dominion supremacy.Programmes
- Dominion Economic Theory and Resource Flow.
- Macrostructures of Power: Finance as Control.
- Corporate Governance and Compliance.
- The Economics of War and Reconstruction.
- Trade Networks of the Tharin Sector.
- Fiscal Strategy of the Sith Empire.
Faculty of Philosophy, Culture, and Thought
Where ideology is weaponised. Here, students learn the art of persuasion, belief, and the psychological architecture of obedience.Programmes
- Philosophy of the Sith: Conflict as Catalyst.
- Imperial Ideology and the Architecture of Belief.
- Cultural Conditioning and Obedience Studies.
- Propaganda, Symbolism, and the Mind of the Masses.
- Ethics of Power: Authority, Fear, and Legacy.
- Rhetoric and Persuasion for Commanders.
Faculty of Science and Military Innovation
Whereas the other faculties focus primarily on administrative and intellectual matters, this faculty pushes the frontiers of armament design, energy research, and combat technology. It serves as the bridge between academia and the Dominion’s military-industrial complex. Programmes
- Armour Systems Engineering and Kinetic Theory.
- Energy Weapons and Plasma Containment.
- Advanced Energy Shield Design.
- Material Science for Combat Applications.
- Warfront Robotics and Droid Autonomy
- Combat Analytics and Predictive Modelling.
Faculty of History and Dominion Studies
Dedicated to the study of civilisation through conquest, and the cycles of power that define the Dominion’s philosophy of strength.Programmes
- The Rise and Fall of Empires: Patterns of Power.
- History of the Sith Orders and Dominion.
- Colonial Administration and Subjugation Practices.
- Military History of the Dominion.
- Economic Archaeology: Wealth through Conquest.
Campus Life
The University’s colleges compete fiercely for prestige in oratory, policy, and science. Rival societies are being established, with important members of the Dominion being requested to serve as Patrons. Graduates of Zula University already deride their Carano counterparts as “pampered philosophers.” In reply, Dominion students call them “mere workers". Practical, perhaps, but never powerful.
With the great bronze gates of the Hall of Ascendants finally open for the first graduating class, the Dominion expects nothing less than brilliance, for it is from here that the next generation of governors, ministers, and advisers will rise.