Sector Ranger The Sector Rangers , officially the Corps of Rangers and later also called the Imperial Sector Rangers , were a sector level law enforcement organization that existed virtually unchanged since the Galactic Republic . Description . Overview . The Sector Rangers were established during the days of the Galactic Republic as the Senate mandated the creation of a universal police agency , charged with apprehending criminals and keeping the peace , a concept duplicated in each sector of the Republic . While local law enforcement agencies were restricted by jurisdictional boundaries , the Sector Rangers were able to pursue criminals anywhere within a given sector or even beyond to bring them to trial . Although also operating alone , Rangers usually traveled in pairs or groups of four for particularly dangerous assignments . Often , they were organized in teams composed of the crew of a Ranger ship , typically a small transport . As the Rangers often had to move quickly through space , they were also expected to be capable starfighter pilots . At the time of the Galactic Civil War , a typical ship of the Ranger Corps was the " Law " - class light patrol craft , though the sections of the Bormea and Darpa sectors also used PB - 950 patrol boat s and Regulator X - Q2 System Patrol Cruiser s . Around 137 ABY , armed transports of the " Gladius " - class were their preferred long range scout vehicle . In addition to their own ships and droid complements , Sector Rangers had the right to commandeer local policemen or make use of Republic or Imperial vessels in the course of their duties , although most avoided doing so unless the situation at hand required such draconian fault - prone methods . Rangers were trained to be cautious and methodical in their gathering of evidence or employment of their powers , so as not to have criminals be released due to legal loopholes and mistrials . Furthermore , authority figures being a stickler for red tape or reacting indignantly were not unheard of . In systems that were not affiliated with the current galactic government or held it in poor regard , the Corps ' enforcement powers , including the suspension of local officials , were of no avail , so the Rangers had to rely on their skills in negotiation or intimidation alone to get the help they needed on worlds like Tatooine and Nar Shaddaa . However , because the Sector Rangers had a reputation for fairness and aloofness from petty politics , most citizens spoke with them more willingly than officers of other law enforcement agencies . Special Enforcement Officers . Considering the highly unusual circumstances that most Sector Rangers found themselves in , they could be in the company of almost any type of contemporaries — mercenaries , slicers and even gamblers — each possessing some unique skill that proved helpful to the Sector Ranger in bringing criminals to justice . In this spirit , Rangers were empowered to deputize a select number of civilians to act as legal agents for the duration of an investigation . The Corps ' Special Enforcement Officer s often worked alongside Jedi , though most SEOs chafed at the use of the Force of the latter , or their refusal to get involved in certain types of cases . Recruited from the best of the Sector Rangers , SEOs had wider arrest and detention powers , which allowed them to cross sector boundaries in pursuit of a wanted criminal without first requesting clearance from the bordering sector ' s Ranger branch ( the normal procedure for members of the Corps ) . Due to this high degree of autonomy and independence , it was not uncommon for SEOs to operate far from their nominal headquarters as their investigation led them across the known space . Many SEOs went about their duties undercover , infiltrating the underworld to approach a delinquent . A comparatively famous example for this practice is Officer Narra Mesyne , who impersonated a swoop racer called Miraj and ended up winning many races over the course of her assignment . Many SEOs also specialized in anti - terrorist operations , hostage rescue and counter - espionage efforts . Because of their expanded jurisdiction , Special Enforcement Officers would sometimes lead teams of other Rangers dedicated to one or more of these particular types of crimes . Sometimes the higher ranking SEOs rubbed the regular Rangers the wrong way when they used their position to take over an investigations or pull a Ranger off his case to assist the SEO ' s own . Nevertheless , most Special Enforcement Officers were held in regard and represented the ultimate goal for a Sector Ranger to eventually attain through years of service . Because of adventure possibilities exemplified by cases like that of the aforementioned Officer Mesyne , many holodramas featured a SEO pursuing an adversary across the length and the breadth of the galaxy , perhaps driven by a personal involvement in the crime , or the fulfillment of some private passion . The Sector Rangers also shared and maintained a database of known criminals and suspected agents of criminal groups . History . Since their formation the Sector Rangers were concerned with law enforcement and peacekeeping matters and not military or political issues . In the days of the Galactic Republic , the Republic Office of Criminal Investigations was the Corps ' governing body . The Rangers tried to put an end to the trade of Zygerrian slavers , but they survived the best efforts , even those of the Jedi . With the Jedi Order engaged in the fighting of the Clone Wars , policing and enforcing ration regulations had fallen to the Sector Rangers . They remained largely unchanged during the Imperial era except in name , then referred to as the Imperial Sector Rangers . In this time , Sector Ranger Central Command was administered by the transformed Imperial Office of Criminal Investigations ( IOCI ) , which was itself answerable to the Justice branch of the Coalition for Progress , part of COMPNOR . At least two Imperial Sector Rangers , Dyyz Nataz and the Diollan Spurch Goa , became bounty hunters prior to the Battle of Yavin . They were relieved of duty because they had blown a palace asteroid of Jabba the Hutt into pieces , causing a scandal . In 0 ABY an attempted larceny by Cecil Noone ' s robber band resulted in a messy shootout between their bulk freighter " Borogove " and a Sector Ranger patrol boat , stranding the thieves in the Kamar Badlands . The criminals made the repairs to their ship in time to end the awkward situation . In the following year and at the behest of Moff Landric , the Imperial Office of Criminal Investigations ( IOCI ) assigned Inspector Zanza Gata to bring the art thief known only as the " Tombat " to justice . IOCI Director Jacen Corbit introduced the experienced Special Enforcement Officer to a packed room of reporters in a dramatic press conference on Danteel . Before 2 ABY , a Ranger of the Yarith sector named Fenn Gilbrantes encountered the dreaded Mon Calamari pirate Salmakk on Hoth and survived the confrontation . During the Galactic Civil War , Moff Irnst Stavveld instructed the Sector Ranger Central Command to detail an additional patrol to the Induparan Crown Worlds area , after Governor Mirash Peet had requested support in view of increasing Rebel Alliance privateer activities in the region , chiefly due to the exploits of Urias Xhaxin and the crew of the EF76 Nebulon - B escort frigate " Free Lance " . On Stend VI , Special Enforcement Officer Narra Mesyne was hunting the Herglic criminal Kaylo NaKuda . Over the course of her assignment , she took an alias , participated in swoop races and rapidly gained fame at The Pits . In 8 ABY , the Human assassin Brahle Logris tried to murder a Ranger on Gandalla . He was convicted and sent to prison after a unit of Sector Rangers tracked him down and arrested him at gunpoint . In 10 ABY , a Sector Ranger captured Iquar from the Karazak Slavers Cooperative and extracted a confession revealing Seland ' Ir as the mastermind behind the kidnapping of Janissa Locrin . In the course of the Galactic Civil War , the Galactic Empire was torn apart to form the New Republic and the Imperial Remnant , and the Sector Rangers inevitably followed suit . Following the Liberation of Coruscant in 7 ABY , General Airen Cracken reorganized the Sector Rangers within the New Republic into the New Republic Security Force . In addition to enforcing common law , it was hoped that this new organization , consisting of many ex - Rangers , could end the activities of the Palpatine Counter - Insurgency Front . During Darth Krayt ' s Galactic Empire , the leader of the One Sith made sure to put the Sector Rangers under direct Imperial control , much like over hundred years ago under Palpatine ' s rule . Members of the Corps acted with a jurisdiction rivaled only by the Sith Lords in charge of the Empire .