Imperial Warrant

Instrument of power issued at the highest levels of government. A warrant is a written or electronic document provided to trusted agents of the Imperium as a method of bypassing the bureaucracy. Typically, a warrant is provided by the Emperor to an individual who utilizes the power it provides to accomplish some mission. Missions may include establishment of colonies in areas requiring development, the assumption of military command in the midst of a crisis, and the unilateral establishment of new noble lines to administer provinces which have suffered from war or economic collapse.

See also Imperial Edict 97.

- Source: Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M)
          Adventure 1 The Kinunir

Non-Canon

It may be possible for nobility other than the Emperor to issue a warrant, though the scope of the warrant will be limited to the area of control of the nobility.

Metagame

The idea of the Warrants comes from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. In the book, the Cardinal Richelieu writes a note "It is by my order and for the good of the state that the bearer of this has done what he has done". The note is given to the Cardinal's trusted aide as a "Get out of jail free" note. It, of course, falls into the wrong hands.

The Traveller authors never intended the warrants to be as open ended as the Cardinal's. They were designed to allow the players to go through much annoying red taped quickly. Even with many limitations written into a warrant, it is possible for the players to run rampant with one.