The following posting has been submitted by General Adams (Ja24), Beta II Flight Member:


INTELLIGENCE REPORT
MON CALAMARI SHIPYARD'S
From ISB(Imperial Security Bureau)

Upon our surveillance, the Rebel Alliance maintains a formidable presence in the Calamari system, including enough capital vessels to deal with a standard Imperial Battle line or perhaps even a squadron. But the defensive fleet could not hope to take on an Imperial attack fleet and survive. The Alliance fleet is the only force large enough to do that.I have listed the structures of an Imperial battle line and a squadron at the end of this message, in the hope of letting you know how complex the upcoming battle is going to be. Since there are many ships coming and going at the shipyards, there is no way of knowing (even with our complex Intelligence network) how many Rebel craft your forces will face. We predict that the Rebel Alliance will not endanger their Main Battle Fleet to protect this facility, currently their Main Battle Fleet has eluded us, but our scout forces are combing the Galaxy for the traiterous fleet. Be expecting reinforcements to come to the aid of the facility, since it is their only capital ship production area. Note that the construction facility is producing one Frigate or corvette per month and one Mon Calimari Cruiser every six months, the importance of this upcoming battle is monumental to say the least. When we destroy this Shipyard, the Rebel Alliance will have to rely on their current forces,which is small by comparison to our mighty Navy. The Empire's forces outnumber the Alliance forces by a factor of almost 30 to 1 in raw manpower, by better than 12 to 1 in equipment, and by about 15 to 1 in warships and transports.

All of us at the ISB is wishing the EMPEROR'S HAMMER luck on the upcoming battle, and the eye's of the Emperor are upon you all.


ISB

The following is the basic organization of an Imperial Battle Line, and an Imperial Squadron.

Imperial Battle Line: 6 capital ships consisting of 1 Victory-class Star Destroyer,
2 Dreadnaught-Class Heavy Cruisers, 3 Strike-class Medium Cruisers or 3 Carrack-class Light
Cruisers.

Imperial Battle Squadron: 1 Imperial-class Star Destroyer with 2 Attack lines which
contain 2 Dreadnaught-class Heavy Cruisers,2 Nebulon B Frigates,8 Strike-class Medium
Cruisers.1 Pursuit Line that has 3 Carrack-class Light Cruisers, 5 Corellian Corvettes.