To all Soldiers of the Galactic Empire; Today, we will score a tremendous blow against the New Republic, one

that will resound throughout all of history, and the New Republic will join the Old Republic in Antiquity. Today, we will capture the famous Black Fleet, the Katana Fleet, and the Fleet that will carry us to victory over our enemies. Today, with the capture of this fleet, we will officially begin the end of the New Republic and the beginning of the New Galactic Empire. Now, when we arrive, we will find exactly 200 katana-class dreadnoughts, and at the core of their fleet, the Katana, the first of the dreadnoughts produced and the flagship to which all the others are slaved. We must capture that ship, and then land crews at all the others to activate their programming and bring the fleet back to life after nearly 50 years of slumber. This mission is not without its perils. The New Republic is a few steps behind us, but it is likely that they will arrive before we can complete our work. Pilots, I need for you to be ready, patrolling in force around the perimeter. Gunners, I need you to be prepared to fire on any incoming ships, no allies will find us here. Soldiers, I need you to capture the vessels as quickly as possible, and then prepare their systems to jump to our home sectors. Each of you must do your jobs to the best of your abilities, and we shall carry this day. The plan goes as follows; each dreadnought was programmed to recognize the DNA signature of a limited number of individuals, including clone troopers. As such, our current clone trooper batch is perfectly suited to infiltrate the ships. Each squad of stormtroopers shall follow a squad of clonetroopers into the ships, and upon entry, the engineers will go about activating all of their systems. Every five ships activated will then be directed to a jump point and jump to a selected system where their systems will be deslaved so that they may be used independently of one another with no fear of them suddenly being hacked and sent colliding into one another or even used against us. Once all the ships are captured, the fleet will then jump to the same coordinates and immediately begin naval operations against the New Republic, culminating in an end fit for the history books. Now, go forth and let us start making the Empire what it should be, not just what it used to be. Attached is a diagram of a standard katana-class dreadnought, which should assist in their capture. Now, good luck, and may the Force be with you. Go with my gratitude and the gratitude of the Galactic Empire.