The Imperial Biological Weapons Division was a division within the Galactic Empire whose goal was to create new biological weapons to use against other races and cultures; this could take the form of bacteria, viruses or even genetically created life forms. To hide its operations, the division was publicly referred to as the Imperial Biological Welfare Department. To the public, its goal was to protect the Empire's citizens against biological weapons and ensure their welfare. The Imperial Biological Welfare Division was an organization created to cover up the work of the Biological Weapons Division, claiming to be working to protect species survival from diseases.