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"Amor Vincit Omnia" Posted by: Inwe Ventidius - Faction: Galactic Empire 'Date: Year 16 Day 77 Onboard the Carrack/S-class Light Cruiser Indefatigable in system Trellen (61, 32). TRELLEN (INB) - The Imperial News Bureau broke news today of a crippling strike against New Republic forces at a deep space staging area, where the Republic was massing for an attack on the Imperial controlled Trellen system. The ill-conceived invasion was reported to be planned and directed by High Marshal Wedge Achilles and involved significant elements of the Republic’s military and civilian personnel, a small contingent from the Triumvirate military, and Holowan mercenaries. In an overly-bold manoeuvre codenamed 'Operation Heartbreak', High General Orion Chan was given command of the forces on the ground and tasked with invading two Imperials worlds and wresting control from the Galactic Empire through a violent surprise assault. An unnamed source within Imperial Intelligence disclosed that they had been aware of Operation Heartbreak from its earliest stages, resulting in the Imperial counterpoint: Operation Romance. A specialist taskforce was formed by II which slipped past rebel sentries and made a stealthy approach to the rebel ships clustered at a deep space rendezvous to enact their daring counterattack. Aided by an as yet unidentified II Agent who is known to have been in a position of authority within the ranks of the Republic forces, the Imperial counterattack boarded several enemy vessels and arrested at least nine of the Republic personnel, with no less than five officers seen by the unnamed source. The lightning strike of Operation Romance is said to have lasted less than twenty minutes but has proven to be a crippling blow for Operation Heartbreaker, resulting in the immediate cancellation of the operation and a general retreat ordered for all Republic forces. Absent the captive rebels secured on board Imperial vessels, the defeated fleet chaotically left the sector in ignominy. In unison with the launch of the II-led Operation Romance strike-team, forces coordinated by Regional Government from the Imperial Army and Navy, as well as personnel from the Ministry of Industry, converged on the Imperial targeted worlds with troops and construction materials to wipe out the last vestiges of the invaders on the planet and secure it against any future attempts of invasion. [Main Article]