Bureau of Scouting and Exploration Services The Bureau of Scouting and Exploration Services , more commonly called the New Republic Scout Service — which itself was shortened to NRSS — was the official exploration arm of the New Republic . Its goals included discovery of new planets and star systems , establishing relations with new species , and blazing new hyperspace routes . Created despite initial opposition from the New Republic Provisional Council , the NRSS eventually flourished into a galaxy - spanning organization with thousands of bases , depended upon by NRSS - employed scouts , corporate scouts , and independents . Members of the New Republic Scout Service had a diverse array of backgrounds , from youngsters for whom it would be their first job , war - weary Rebel pilots and soldiers looking to augment their already formidable skills , and former Imperial Survey Corps scouts , many of whom had become disillusioned with the Empire and became independent scouts prior to Emperor Palpatine ' s death . History . During the early years of the New Republic , Mon Mothma proposed the Bureau of Scouting and Exploration Services , also known as the New Republic Scout Service or NRSS , to take over the duties of the previous galactic exploration organization , the Imperial Survey Corps . Though the New Republic Provisional Council opposed the creation of the Scout Service , feeling the new government ' s resources would be better used to assist already settled systems , Mon Mothma stressed the need to reestablish contact with lost colonies , or possibly contact new allies , in Wild Space and the Unknown Regions . The NRSS drew upon the traditions and regulations of the Galactic Republic ' s scout service when establishing its practices , but the depredations of the Imperial Survey Corps were long remembered , both by species it had victimized and the scouts who had lived through it , and the NRSS faced an uphill battle in cultivating a positive reputation . During the reign of the Empire and the subsequent Galactic Civil War , certain planets were cut off from the galactic community . The primary mission of New Republic scouts was to reestablish contact with these " lost " worlds . Occasionally , New Republic scouts would discover worlds that remained enslaved by the Empire . In that event , NRSS would relay all relevant data to the New Republic Defense Force so the planet could be liberated . New Republic scouts were also expected to act as surveyors , analyzing and noting which worlds might be valuable for their resources or might be suitable for colonization . The NRSS also put a high priority on the discovery of new sentient species and previously unknown settlements . If newly discovered , or rediscovered , planets already supported a civilization , the NRSS expected its scouts to act as informal ambassadors , conveying the advantages of becoming a New Republic member world . If the inhabitants were willing to uphold the New Republic ' s laws , formal ambassadors would be sent to finalize the membership process . New systems discovered by New Republic scouts had to be fully surveyed and all pertinent data recorded for the Republic ' s databanks . Additionally , the NRSS was responsible for ensuring that complete hyperspace calculations were made , so that diplomats , merchants , and others could make their way to the system . New Republic scouts tended to be skilled astrogators , since their duties often took them beyond established hyperlanes — sometimes deep into Wild Space . The Arpor - Lan Deeve was one of the Alliance ' s most renowned scouts and became a member of the influential Task Force on Alliance Security . Deeve helped establish the Rebel safeworld New Alderaan . Captain Korren Starchaser , a scout for the New Republic since its inception , was the first to chart the Serias system and recovered artifacts from The Gulch . Among his other discoveries were the Kriekaal system and its native species , the Kriek s . Other notable members included Glaennor and Jarsa . Organization and philosophy . The New Republic Scout Service ' s highest - ranking bureaucrat was the Under Secretary of Scout Services , who answered to the New Republic ' s Minister of State . The NRSS comprised four departments — supply , information , military , and personnel — and the Colony Authority , a sister bureau with which NRSS worked closely . Department of Supply . The NRSS Department of Supply provided droids , starships , weapons , survival equipment , and other gear to assist scouts . Supply could normally be counted on only to provide " standard " equipment as needed and only after putting a requisition through several slow layers of bureaucracy ; the New Republic ' s struggling economy prohibited the Department of Supply from acquiring large stockpiles of equipment or supplying scouts ' needs in a hurry . Department of Information . Scouts — whether New Republic , corporate , or independent — were required to submit claims on newly discovered planets or systems . The NRSS Department of Information registered these claims and stored them in its Library of Systems . Data on newly registered worlds was made publicly available unless a Request For Privacy was registered by the claimant , usually in cases where a military research base or similarly sensitive facility was to be built on the planet . Department of the Military . The military arm of the Scout Service , intended for small - scale engagements , consisted of over five thousand of the most cutting - edge military ships available to the New Republic and about fifty thousand soldiers who received training from the New Republic Defense Force . A typical mission for these soldiers was defensive in nature — securing specific areas on remote planets , serving as security aboard space stations , or guarding couriers and scout ships . Deployment of the department ' s forces could take months , since NRSS could not send troops to a world without consent from the Minister of State . Though officially part of NRSS , " Scout Soldiers " could be called into duty by the regular military if a crisis arose , and developed a reputation as elite warriors , partly because they tended to see more action than their regular military counterparts . Being paired with scouts for extended periods of time typically resulted in scouts and soldiers sharing knowledge and work . Soldiers in the NRSS ' military division often evolved into scouts themselves . Department of Personnel . Personnel maintained records on active and inactive New Republic Scouts and chose missions for active scouts . Personnel also handled payroll and miscellaneous data . The department had a reputation as a " classic bureaucracy " that could be obstinate and difficult to work with . NRSS scouts were paid five hundred credits per month ; that did not include bonuses for discovering habitable worlds or new species willing to join the New Republic . These bonuses , paid by the Colony Authority , started at one thousand credits and could get as high as 0 . 005 % of the planet ' s net worth — but the largest bonuses were almost never paid out in full by the cash - strapped New Republic , and were instead doled out as monthly installments of one thousand credits . Equipment and training . Some new recruits to the NRSS had come from the Imperial Survey Corps , which had tarnished the reputation of scouting galaxy - wide by adhering to Emperor Palpatine ' s goals of exploring more for conquest and exploitation than discovery . These former Imperial scouts looked to NRSS service as a means of cleansing their consciences . Likewise , veteran Rebel pilots and soldiers who had witnessed too many battlefields were drawn to the more peaceful , less regimented lifestyle of a scout . Many trainees also came into the Service without any prior experience , looking to build skill sets that would serve them well in various endeavors thereafter . NRSS training lasted for nine months . During that time , recruits learned new skills like communication , first contact , geology , astrogation , and piloting . Most graduates of the training program were sent to a scout base , where they undertook an apprenticeship . Exceptional trainees , however , would be assigned to a six - being training vessel as a junior mate . The vessel would then embark on a six - month training cruise , during which the four trainees would essentially be charged with all the responsibilities of normal scout life , with their two more seasoned crewmates guiding them . Unbeknownst to the trainees , and many others in the NRSS , the various encounters and crisis experiences during the training cruise were a carefully constructed sham involving NRSS personnel posing as aliens and hostiles ; the trainee ' s crewmates even sabotaged the ship as the final test . Following the cruise , trainees were evaluated and , depending on their performance , made full scouts or sent for further training . New scouts were also given a " Spaceguide " and , as of the year 7 ABY , a Scout ' s Survival Pack to help them . Part of the purpose of New Republic Scout Service training was to recruit only the curious and adventurous , culling the greed - motivated applicants . Few such individuals made it into the NRSS , but due to the Service ' s wide reach , NRSS - affiliated scouts had to expect run - ins with mercenary scouts , claim - jumpers , and others interested only in plunder . Locations . The NRSS ' headquarters were split into two locations . The political and administrative center of the Service was the Core Post on the galactic capital planet Coruscant , near New Republic City ' s spaceport . It employed roughly two thousand people and housed the Nova Core , an organization for outstanding scouts . The second headquarters , in charge of NRSS ' normal operations , was Ops Post on Xoemefel . Covering an area of twenty square kilometers , the Ops Post was the largest scout base of its era . In addition to its headquarters , the New Republic Scout Service had frontier posts established on almost five thousand worlds , though many were tiny and mostly automated . These frontier posts attracted disreputable scouts and merchants , but were a necessary evil for most scouts — the most up - to - date information was to be found at these widely scattered outposts . Frontier bases also had a reputation for hosting some of the most sophisticated entertainment in the galaxy , to help combat the space madness and simple boredom that afflicted so many scouts . The NRSS sponsored live entertainment tours as a throwback to customs of old . Behind the scenes . The New Republic Scout Service is the primary focus of " " , the first " Star Wars " roleplaying book set during the New Republic era . The NRSS has not been mentioned in any novels or non - RPG literature .