4. Assignment

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"My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth." 

George Washington.







15 BBY

Scum, smugglers, pirates, and rebels—battle after battle, report after report

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Scum, smugglers, pirates, and rebels—battle after battle, report after report. I'm getting sick of this insanity. With each battle, I realised how filthy the universe is and how critical it is for me to clean it up. We were undergoing repairs at Sienar while waiting for my presumed reinforcement and replenishing my hangar bay, which I had requested due to the increasing number of skirmishes with the rebels and the need for more firepower.

With that, as I stared at the shipyard of Sienar with each ship passing by and every droid reparing the missing hull of the ship, our previous engagement with the rebels was very costly due to the rebels increasing aggression but with minimal casualties.

As I stared at the cold space, I then saw them.

Earlier, I requested two Dreadnaught class heavy cruisers and three Raider class corvettes, and I received them. As I stared at the shipyard, one of the newly built ships came into view. The ship's communication officer informed me that it had requested to join the fleet, which I granted.

The ship is a heavy cruiser from the Vindicator class. I would prefer it to be more situational because it is a smaller version of the Imperial Star destroyer and is best positioned near the Intrepid and the vanguard group, despite the fact that it was intended to replace the Dreadnaught class.

Some admirals would prefer to have star destroyers in their fleet, but I believe it is better to have something with a specific focus, which I call the Ringbey Doctrine. According to my doctrine, each ship has a specific role that it must play, limiting my ability to use ships as vanguard, capital, or support.

While I wait for my ships to form and for the repairs and refits to be finished, Grand Moff Tarkin sends me an important message from Coruscant. Tessa Varn, who was recently promoted to Commander, gave me the datapad containing the information provided by the Grand Moff. When the repairs are finished, the Datapad instructs me to send my fleet to Coruscant for a debriefing on a specific operation. I have to inform the imperial palace about this operation so that I can be briefed directly by the emperor. It really is that significant.

When our repairs were finished, I gave the order to my crew to get ready to leave the station, reassemble with the fleet, and leave the planet's gravitational pull. We then aligned the Intrepid with the fleet to engage hyperspace and head towards Coruscant.

We had travelled through hyperspace for days before reaching Coruscant. It feels strange to see Coruscant again after all these years. Sadly, because he is no longer with us, my father was unable to complete the stories he told me about what occurred on Coruscant. I had hoped that we would be at peace, but I will never get the chance, while some people can live their lives telling their children tales of the clone wars.

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