Fugitive Former Senator Close to Being Apprehended by Imperial Authorities

Ex-Senator Leia Organa

CORSIN SYSTEM - Imperial patrol lines encountered and destroyed a Rebel transport known to be carrying the fugitive former Senator of Alderaan, the so-called "Princess" Leia Organa. Her capture is believed to be imminent.

Following up on previous Rebel incursions in the Corsin system, Imperial patrols discovered an escorted transport believed to be ferrying the fugitive ex-senator Leia Organa of Alderaan. The transport was destroyed, despite the attempts of its escort vessels to impede Imperial justice.

The escort vessels are reputed to have been under the command of the Rebel militant, Bazi Bier. The patrols took heavy damage, as their crews put the capture Organa ahead of self-preservation. The militant, Bier, took cynical advantage of their proud display of selflessness, destroying a number of Imperial cruisers as they attempted to fulfill their duty to the Emperor and Galactic Civilization.

Organa was instrumental in the destruction of her home world of Alderaan, whose people had entrusted her with their representation in the Imperial Senate. It is reported that she ordered the attack on the peaceful Imperial "Death Star" battlestation as it traversed the system, which forced the station to defend itself against the warlike planet.

Organa came to her position in the Senate through familial nepotism, her father having held the same seat in the Senate before her. In this, she is similar to another fugitive ex-senator, Mon Mothma of Chandrila, whose parents also held powerful seats in government, using their positions to pull the requisite strings to keep power within their families.

Once Organa has been apprehended and brought to justice, it is hoped that the Galaxy can finally leave the nepotist corruption of the Republic to history, and the widows and orphans of the Death Star's never-forgotten crew can have a sense of closure to the tragedy that needlessly left a bleeding wound in their hearts.

Imperial Patrol Fleet Destroys Rebel Flagship in Corsin System

An patrol line of Arquitens-class light cruisers destroy the Rebel flagship in the Corsin system.

CORSIN SYSTEM - An Imperial patrol line escaped a Rebel naval ambush in the Corsin system of the Greater Plooriod sector today. Most of the Rebels paid with their lives, as the insurgent flagship and a Corellian picket vessel were destroyed under a barrage of concentrated firepower unleashed by the patrol vessels' fire-linked turbolaser turrets.

In an upset for the Rebellion, an Imperial patrol fleet turned an ambush against the Rebel vessels. The Rebellion had hoped to catch the patrol flat-footed against the glare of the system's star. The Rebellion's dastardly attempt proved futile as the Rebels' larger ships proved to be no match for even the smaller turbolasers of the Empire's Arquitens-class light cruisers and superior naval combat doctrine.

It is, however, believed that the Rebel commander - a fugitive known only as 'Bazi Bier' managed to escape the destruction of his flagship. While his compatriots' corpses aboard the flagship burned, Bazi Bier saved his own skin, fleeing aboard an escape pod. The pod is believed to have been picked up by a surviving Rebel transport, which escaped to hyperspace.

Imperial Intelligence believes that Bazi Bier is part of a larger Rebel effort that will soon attempt to mount a larger attack on the Empire, somewhere in the northern segment of the galaxy. It is deemed plausible that the failed ambush attempt was a test of Imperial resolve and assessment of Imperial naval doctrine. Needless to add, the Rebel test failed utterly, and Imperial naval doctrine proved to be as stalwart as ever.

The naval doctrine employed at Corsin is known as Manifest Destiny. It involves the use of concentrated broadside firepower by a line of Arquitens-class light cruisers, supported by a Quasar-class light carrier. While the Empire continues to favor large warships, such as the Imperial-class star destroyers, for the hope they bring to human life in the middle of a galaxy of encroaching aliens, light vessels such as the Arquitens and Quasar allow the Empire to bring the light of the Emperor's governance to even the most dark backward corners of the Outer Rim.