| rdfs:comment | - The standard Emblem, from which all others were derived, was a gold stylized Abstalian Phoenix, inside a gold circle, set on white. Gold was chosen because it was the color of the Empire, itself chosen because most systems which supported life had yellow suns, and thus gold was the color of sunlight, which, in Rin Sakaros's view, brought warmth, light, and life to beings—the same goal she had for her government. White was chosen as a symbol of purity.
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| abstract | - The standard Emblem, from which all others were derived, was a gold stylized Abstalian Phoenix, inside a gold circle, set on white. Gold was chosen because it was the color of the Empire, itself chosen because most systems which supported life had yellow suns, and thus gold was the color of sunlight, which, in Rin Sakaros's view, brought warmth, light, and life to beings—the same goal she had for her government. White was chosen as a symbol of purity. The Phoenix was itself a symbol of the Empire, representing tenacity, ferocity, power, majesty, and refusal to surrender. The circle stood for eternity (as Rin expected her government to exist forever), and, with the Phoenix, also represented the "rebirth" of the monarchy upon the death of one Sovereign and the accession of the next.
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