Grave of the Emperors

The Grave of the Emperors is the supermassive black hole at the center of the Galaxy. Every Emperor, among those that have died, has been interred in the black hole upon their deaths, with the exception of Ssuur Kar, whose death is still being investigated. The tradition began at the death of the first Emperor, Kiksht-Tak-Takki-Ko-Shtksht, whose last will and testament ordered that his body be placed within the casing of a translight graviton torpedo and fired into the black hole "so that [his] casket would be visible on the event horizon forever." The entire region of 1,000 standard light years from the Grave is restricted space, with violators subject to death. A single public facility known as The Testament exists near the Grave at a distance of one quarter of one standard light year, though there are government and military installations that are closer.