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[font=agency fb]ID: [color=#FFFFFF]Commandant Han Xu
Target: All Coalition Assets.
Location: Commandant's Office, Zvezdny Gorodok
Encryption: HIGH
Priority: HIGH
Subject: Restructure and death of "Premier" Ling.

Comrades.

[color=#FFFF00]Today marks the start of the new Golden Era. The cancer which struck at the very heart of the Coalition has been removed.

"Premier" Chun Ki Ling, a man who grabbed power while we mourned the false death of our true Ikon Alvin Katz, has been killed. As he hid on the Havana, Commissariat officers were able to successfully breach the flagship, despite Ling's considerable resistance. My personal thanks goes out to Aloysius Rhade as further bloodshed was successfully avoided by his quick thinking. I am sure he will file a report on this honourable moment.

However, due to a number of reasons which will now be listed, he has been demoted by the Premier down to the rank of Colonel. Demotion, in this case, is certainly more preferable than the alternative which was planned for Colonel Rhade.

For daring to speak out against the Premier's policies, and inciting violence against the chain of command during martial law, the punishment for such crimes is death. However, considering his long and considerable service record along with his actions in removing Ling, a dishonourable demotion was considered more appropriate.

Colonel Rhade will now be freed of the restrictive duties of the Commandante role and is expected to lead using the same quick thinking that preserved his life, in the field of combat.

A new Commandant was required to lead us in this new era, and I have been selected. I will be removing the dead wood policies of the two previously failed administrations and I expect you all to fully embrace the new plan which I set forth.

The previous two Commandante's failed to grasp the single most important point of the Fighter Corps existence. We are more than a military. We are the image, the voice and a projection of power which is the Coalition. For too long the fighter corps has resorted to blood-thirsty mass destruction which is not winning the hearts and minds of the people of Sirius. If act like terrorists, then it is easier for the Alliance houses to portray us such and taint their people's minds with false propaganda.

This will no longer continue. I will be formulating a new combat manual with Colonel Rhade, which will define the laws of war which we all will follow. Failing to follow this combat manual will result in severe and painful dismemberment followed by an agonising death.

Let me be clear. There will be no exceptions.

You will find me to be a strict and active Commandant. I will not shy away from combat as Ling did. You will see me out there, carrying out the ideals and polices of our great nation, as often as possible. The rewards of this new journey will be immense. We will be victorious.

Long live the Coaliiton!

[color=#FFFFFF]Xu out.

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