<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong>The Emperor is dead; a New Republic has been proclaimed.<br/>Dozens of worlds are in open rebellion, and every day more forces flock to the cause of the New Republic.<br/><br/>But even with the Emperor killed at Endor, the Imperial war machine still lives on.<br/>Thousands of star systems are still controlled by imperial admirals and moffs who follow the brutal, xenophobic doctrines of the late Emperor.<br/><br/>To claim ultimate victory, the New Republic must to take Coruscant, but it's a long road from the Rebellion bases in the Outer Rim to the center of the galaxy. And along the road to Coruscant lie many sectors still firmly under Imperial control.<br/><br/>One such sector is Vandor, an Imperial bastion that blocks the way of the New Republic fleet up the Corellian Trade Spine. Liberating the Vandor Sector will take more than brute force – it will take cunning and intelligence. So into this hornet's nest of staunch Imperial supporters a small crew of New Republic volunteers ventures, to gather vital information that will decide the fate of any New Republic attempt to liberate the Vandor sector.<br/><br/>But do these brave souls truly have what it takes to become...</strong></span><br/><br/>(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/59/HOTNRLogo.jpg)</div><br/><hr/><br/>Welcome to a Star Wars system game using the Saga rules.<br/><br/>This thread is for everything OOC, from light chatter, to A&A notices, to GM announcements.<br/><br/>To help the GM stuff and rules questions stand out from the rest of the chatter I expect here, I will mark those announcements with big, bold headers,<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong>like this</strong></span>. If you see a header like that, that will be me wearing my "GM hat". Most of the actual GM calls during gameplay I will place in OOC notices in the relevant game threads, so if you see something big and bold in this thread here, it's likely to affect the whole group and might require a response from you players.