Use "imperium" in a sentence

1. units of imperium became provinces, with praetors as governors who were granted

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2. What is projected is a judicial imperium, in league with a glittering “international community” of omnipotent judges, joined with the internal forces of an ascendant Civil War

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3. While she had been treated with deference and respect by the Security Ministry guards controlling the Greenwich scientific complex, Farah knew too well that she had kept her status solely because of the importance accorded to her project by General Alan Veck, head of the feared Imperium Security Ministry

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4. Her worst fear now was that Veck would use her invention to go back in time and eliminate his opponents before they could even grow up to adulthood, in order to consolidate his grip on the Imperium

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5. Farah would have herself asked the protection of the King, who was still widely respected, if not for the fact that the King was now down to being not much more than a figurehead, his faithful royal guardsmen the only ones still protecting the royal family of the Imperium from Veck’s monstrous ambition

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6. Once there, she could probably influence enough the evolution of history to change its course and maybe erase the monstrosity that the Imperium had become in the last decades, and this before Veck could find her

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7. Since, like all Imperium spacesuits, it was already equipped with an anti-gravity system and a directed gravity drive, she had now the perfect autonomous escape vehicle to fill her needs

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8. “Because life was becoming untenable in the Imperium and because the head of the Imperium Ministry of Security has plans to use time travel for his personal benefit, something which I refused to help in

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9. You have not known war for centuries, while the central government of the Imperium has been constantly fighting armed separatist and nationalist groups and even breakaway entities since its creation

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10. We of the Imperium are a highly militaristic society with low regard given to individual rights

11. Torture and the death penalty are legal instruments of the state in the Imperium, instruments that are yielded with little restraint by the Ministry of Security, the most powerful body of the Imperium government by far

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12. Such a harsh, repressive government has actually perpetuated the existence of pockets of rebellion around the Earth, with rebels vowing to fight to the death rather than submit to Imperium power

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13. This sorry state of affair has not always been the case in the Imperium, though

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14. The present king of the Imperium, King Stan the Sixth, is widely acknowledged to be a fair, albeit ruthless ruler, and is a direct descendant of the British royalty of the 20th century

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15. He however does not hold the real power anymore in the Imperium: the head of the Ministry of Security, General Alan Veck, 552

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16. The Ministry of Security actually controls the police, army and navy of the Imperium

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17. It also influences the Royal Council, supposedly the seat of power of the Imperium, through bribes, blackmail and outright threats

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18. Since weapons are easy to obtain in the Imperium for various reasons, a coup to depose the king would probably result in the mass revolt of many of the citizens of the Imperium

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19. Without bragging, ladies and gentlemen, I am the sole inventor in the Imperium of the time distorter, the key element of any time machine

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20. An ancient book about Nancy Laplante gave me an idea where to start looking for a refuge from the Imperium

21. The fact that there was a war on then was also a factor: I thought that the Imperium would not think of searching for me there and then

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22. “Absolutely! I now represent a mortal danger to them, since I would have the opportunity to change history in the past and thus would be able to erase them and create something new that would replace the Imperium

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23. “They would eradicate any group or individual that knows about time travel or that could oppose them and would leave behind an occupation force in order to ensure that your society could never become a threat to the Imperium

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24. “Did you realize the threat you were creating to our society when you brought her here? I hope that you can protect us from this Imperium if they ever show up

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25. It also shows how easily Doctor Tolkonen could manipulate history back in the past and change it, erasing you, me and the whole Imperium in the process if she wanted to

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26. Kossov hated the idea of leaving his troopers behind like this but he had to accomplish the main goal of his mission: bring back a royal hostage to the Imperium

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27. “She came to 1941 to look for me and to ask for asylum from the Imperium, Your Majesty

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28. I am sorry that it resulted in this but I didn’t think that the Imperium would be stupid enough to pull such a stunt

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29. A total of 39 Imperium prisoners, including 14 wounded, were now lined up on the lawn on the north side of the palace, near their crashed ship

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30. The officer ran away towards the palace, letting Nancy wait impatiently as the GILGAMESH ignored the shelling and started lifting the Imperium ship with a tractor beam

31. Celebrated as one of the most beautiful women in the Imperium, Miri was also First Mistress to the king and in charge of the palace household

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32. Two of our three ships were lost and there is now a real threat of having the Imperium erased from history by either our renegade scientist or this mysterious organization

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33. “Probably the latter, but she could become the former if the Imperium is not careful about its next moves, my dear

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34. Maybe she should be made aware of the different factions in the Imperium: she could then think twice before deciding to erase the lot of us

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35. “How could the Imperium Royal Council trust so much power in the hands of such a fool? I will never understand it

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36. “It is a combination of greed, fear and the hidden interests of the biggest crime cartels in the Imperium

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37. Controlling his excitement as best he could, Stan quickly activated a link to the Imperium Navy headquarters on his secure command videophone while facing the ancestor

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38. “We are ready to sign a mutual treaty of non-aggression as long as Princess Margaret and Group Captain Townsend are returned safely and that the Imperium refrains from incursions into the past from now on

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39. She is intent on living peacefully with us and wants nothing further to do with the Imperium

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40. “Alright! I have already called for an emergency session of the Imperium Royal Council this afternoon, at three

41. The very existence of our Imperium is at stake, after all

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42. members of the Imperium presently held in London in 1942 and sign a treaty of non-aggression between Great-Britain and the Imperium

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43. This whole business had no reason to happen and the consequences of further hostilities are too grave to consider, especially for the Imperium

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44. “You would then return to the year 3386 to find the Imperium erased from history and replaced by something probably entirely different

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45. With its sole remaining direct heir gone, the House of Windsor would eventually fade away in a constitutional crisis, the history of Great Britain would be heavily affected and the resulting historical distortion shockwave would either erase or heavily modify the Imperium you know

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46. ultimate disappearance from history of the Imperium

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47. The real assistants of Farah ‘B’ had actually been evacuated discreetly only two days ago via transit probes controlled by the scoutship WALKUREN, operating under cloak over the Imperium

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48. She knows the true value of history and has no reason to hurt the Imperium, as long as the Imperium does not engage in acts that would endanger the integrity of history

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49. There are no reasons to continue with this unnecessary crisis, which would bring only doom to the Imperium and suffering to the people of Great Britain

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50. In exchange for the release of Princess Margaret and of Group Captain Townsend and for a pledge of non-aggression, the Time Patrol and the government of Sir Anthony Eden would return to you all the Imperium members currently held as prisoners in 1942 and would sign a treaty of non-aggression and non-interference with the Imperium

51. What do we know about it apart of the fact that it killed Imperium members?

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52. Who gave them the mandate to regulate time travel? Did anyone actually give them such a mandate or are they nothing more than a band of mercenaries plundering history for their own profit and interests? What tells us that Miss Laplante will not simply disappear somewhere in time after giving us an empty promise or, even worse, modify history in order to eliminate a potential competitor to her Time Patrol? I say that the Time Patrol is a mortal threat to the Imperium and must be run down and destroyed, along with whoever supports it

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53. aggression treaty with the Great Britain of 1942, while at the same time arresting Miss Laplante for acts of war against the Imperium, so that we could get the information needed to find and destroy her Time Patrol

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54. She however didn’t realize that she had just made a big mistake: she had underestimated the level of treachery and plotting to which the Imperium was accustomed

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55. We can’t trust her anymore, which means that we will have to find and destroy her Time Patrol in order to ensure the survival of the Imperium

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56. “Not when the survival of the Imperium is at stake

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57. We have won the release of Princess Margaret and of Group Captain Townsend, but they won’t let me go back with you and the others until the rest of the Imperium prisoners are returned

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58. Tell Mike that any attempt to grab those three back should be considered as an act of war on the part of the Imperium

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59. “I’m sorry, miss, but I have to ensure the survival of the Imperium

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60. Veck’s death actually made things much easier for Stan: he could now gain back true control of the Imperium in this time of crisis, as crisis this definitely was

61. The Time Patrol was then certainly going to erase the Imperium by manipulating past history

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62. He thus had to ensure that at least part of the Imperium forces and command structure survived such manipulations by withdrawing to the past, in order to be able to fight another day

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63. Going to the enclosed office reserved for his use, Stan activated the secure videophone on the desk, calling the head of the Imperium Navy, Admiral Vortak

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64. “He was partly treated while in the Imperium but the Time Patrol will have to continue the treatment for a few days to finish healing his torture wounds, Your Majesty

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65. They were ready to torture the Princess as well but the King of the Imperium intervened in extremis and took her 616

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66. That is if we can get her out of the Imperium alive

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67. Eden then told him about the documentary on Yeshua they had viewed in the Imperium royal palace

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68. She then spent a good ten minutes exposing the situation concerning the Imperium, finishing with a request for the authorization of the High Council to launch a rescue mission to save Nancy Laplante

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69. Unfortunately, Tran Ming was one of the council members who had voted for barring the Time Patrol from returning to Imperium space

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70. “I figured that you would need all the help you could get to face the Imperium, Doctor

71. Ingrid Weiss made her scoutship emerge under cloak about half a kilometer from the Imperium royal palace, flying at low altitude

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72. “I knew it! Those Imperium bastards have just put her under arrest

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73. I was already seeing myself being strapped to a torture rack in the basement of the Imperium Ministry of Security

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74. What were your actions since your arrival in the Imperium?”

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75. From there, we will be in a better position to erase this damn Imperium into historical oblivion

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76. Nancy felt total discouragement as she finished analyzing the data from the spying probe: the actions and intentions of King Stan and of his command staff left the Time Patrol no choice but to erase the Imperium if the Global Council’s survival was to be insured

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77. According to the intercepted conversations and staff meetings, the Imperium was now gearing towards total mobilization of its forces and pushing for the emergency retrofitting of its ships with time distorters, with the ultimate goal of finding the Time Patrol and its supporters and eradicating both in a massive nuclear strike

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78. Even the theory that another timeline could exist and harbor the Time Patrol was now being actively researched by the best scientists of the Imperium

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79. “But it is now a choice between either the Imperium or the Global Council

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80. What I want is peace between the Imperium and the Time Patrol, but not because I am afraid of losing

81. Believe me when I tell you that I have no desire to erase your Imperium

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82. I have one good news: Nancy Laplante was rescued, healthy, from the Imperium this morning

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83. The Imperium is however still as bent as ever to wage war against the Time Patrol and us

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84. “Sir, I am here to inform you on the status of our problem with the Imperium

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85. So, where are we with the Imperium now?”

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86. “You are telling me that, apart of still having to erase the Imperium, you were disavowed by your own Global Council and are now on the run?”

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87. Such a drastic modification of history, especially if followed by a few other measures, should ensure that the Imperium disappears forever

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88. The Imperium came into being because the British Empire was kept whole after this war and grew in power, to the point of becoming the dominant superpower in the World, a role that would have normally been grabbed by the United States if not for my appearance in England in 1940

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89. Erasing the Imperium will necessitate that the British Empire fades in history, as it did in the original timeline

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90. The alternative to that is a worldwide nuclear war in the decades to come, a nuclear war that will nearly snuff out the Human race on this planet and will lead to the formation of the Imperium

91. That Imperium, apart from having kidnapped Princess Margaret, is now resolved to find and then destroy with nuclear weapons the Global Council

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92. Korczak, like his staff and the children, looked up with disbelief at the 220 centimeter-tall Imperium scientist and doctor

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93. However, the timeline twin of Farah Tolkonen, herself an expert on the theory of time travel, recently fled from a future civilization called the Imperium, where she was being abused and threatened by the head of the Imperium security forces

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94. Unfortunately for everybody, the Imperium badly overreacted to her escape and raided Buckingham Palace on May 20 of this year, searching for Farah ‘B’

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95. Not finding her, the Imperium kidnapped Princess Margaret and the king’s equerry, bringing them as hostages to their future London in order to force the British into turning over Farah ‘B’

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96. My Time Patrol intervened and we were able to win the release of the princess and of the king’s equerry, but the Imperium laid a trap for us, which we were able to spring in advance

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97. The Imperium has since vowed to find where we operate from and to eradicate the civilization that supported us, which is named the Global Council and is a totally pacifist society

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98. The only way left to us to avoid the destruction of the Global Council by the Imperium is to change drastically the history of timeline ‘B’ and in this way prevent the creation of the Imperium in the future

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99. What makes you think that finishing it faster would prevent the creation of this Imperium?”

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100. They should have been able to detect any travel to the past by the flagship of King Stan or other ships of the Imperium