<strong>Name</strong>: Commander Rixx, Captain Nunq, New Republic personnel<br/><strong>Location</strong>: Indellian system, New Republic repair & supply ship Indata, conference room<br/><strong>Date/Time</strong>: Day 1, noon<br/><strong>Tagging</strong>: Everyone<br/><hr/>"I am sure my colleague will be more than happy to brief you on the details of Vandor's relationship with the Empire," Commander Rixx replied with a small frown, while the Sullustan nodded enthusiastically, obviously looking forward to talking about that subject "But first things first," Rixx continued.<br/><br/>"The cargo run is just your entrance ticket into the sector. Your primary mission is intelligence gathering. I'll get to what we expect from you in a minute, but first, let me make certain you all understand the importance of this mission." He cleared his throat and ran his eyes from face to face, assuring himself that he had the attention an important mission briefing required.<br/><br/>"Sooner or later we will advance on the galactic core and Imperial Center, old Coruscant. Not today, not tomorrow, but if we want to win this war we must move coreward eventually – and we do want to win this war. But we can't move significant forces without control of at least some major hyperspace lanes – like the Corellian Trade Spine. We will have to secure the sectors along the way, be it by force or through diplomacy, and Vandor could be a major challenge, one way or the other." Rixx called up a map of the sector on the monitors.<br/><br/>(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/7/7e/MapVandorSector.jpg)<br/><br/>"As you can see, the worlds of the Vandor sector are connected to the Trade Spine through space lanes at two systems, Bandar and MT Three. No one really uses the complete astrographical catalog number for it," he explained, smiling slightly will pointing at the system labeled MT-36915-KE on the map.<br/><br/>"If we just bypass Vandor the Imps there can chase after us and take us from behind while we engage forces further up the Spine. Or they could cut of our supply lines at Bandar and MT, or they could just hole up at Vandor and do whatever they please later on. The sector has enough resources to keep a fleet supplied for years and we can't ignore a fleet at our back. But securing Bandar and MT Three and trying to contain them in the Vandor sector isn't really an option. It would tie down too many ships, given the strength of Imperial and Vandorian forces.<br/><br/>"In short, ladies and gentleman, we need to come up with a credible plan how to secure this sector. It's a long-term project, but a vital one. And to develop some reasonable plans we need information. Which, I hate to admit, we are somewhat lacking right now."<br/><br/>The Commander paused for a deep breath of air, before he looked from face to face again. "Any questions, before I get into the mission parameters some more?"