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Disclaimer: the following story is a fanfic that's a mix between Legends and Canon. You have been warned.

Pic 1: Bind Squadron:

Flagship: 1x Executor-class Super Star Destroyer, Arbitrator.

Capital ships: 24x Imperial-class Star Destroyers.

Link: Scourge Squadron image - Star Wars: Interregnum mod for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion - ModDB

Pic 2: Bind Squadron executing genocide against an alien species.

Link: Eclipse (Executor-class) | Wookieepedia | Fandom

Pic 3. Grand Admiral Ishin-II-Raz, leader of Bind Squadron.

Link: Ishin-Il-Raz | Wookieepedia | Fandom

Note: the pictures used are meant to be an example of what Grand Admiral Ishin-II-Raz and Bind Squadron looked like and did, not actual depictions of them.

Grand Admiral Ishin-II-Raz, a COMPNOR propagandist and one of Palpatine's most devoted servants, was promoted to Grand Admiral in 1 BBY for his meritorious service to both the Galactic Empire and the Old Republic that preceded it during the Clone Wars. The Emperor also selected him as the late Grand Admiral Balanhai Savit's successor after Grand Admiral Thrawn caught him for treason for stealing supplies away from Project Stardust. While the Emperor didn't explicitly state it, the message to the other Grand Admirals was clear:

Even you aren't irreplaceable.

Raz was aware his appointment was purely political and that he was loathed for being Palpatine's bootlicker, especially since he used his political ties to dodge the draft at least 6 times both under the Republic and the Empire, even once claiming he had bone spurs. As such, he befriended fellow Grand Admiral Peccati Syn, who taught him the art of naval warfare, and used his political connections to secure himself Bind Squadron, one of the many anti-Rebel task forces created following the Battle of Yavin. With Bind Squadron, Raz gained command over 24 Imperial-class Star Destroyers and the flagship Arbitrator, an Executor-class Super Star Destroyer.

With Arbitrator under his command, Raz used Bind Squadron to commit many genocides against multiple alien species to earn Palpatine's favor, where his lack of combat experience didn't matter much when he possessed overwhelming firepower against unarmed innocents. Unsurprisingly, he became one of the galaxy's most hated figures, and the Rebel Alliance marked him as a priority target, though there wasn't much they could do about it as he was too heavily guarded for either assassination or a direct strike at his fleet.

Their chance came in 4 ABY after they won the Battle of Endor, destroyed the Death Star II, and killed Palpatine, Vader, and most of Imperial High Command. Raz was devastated over the loss of his icon, so Syn gave him his copy of Secrets of the Dark Side, the holy book of the Empire's state-sanctioned religion, the Church of the Dark Side, to cheer him up, to little avail. Raz retaliated by going on a rampage through the Outer Rim after Grand Moff Ardus Kaine abandoned Oversector Outer, determined to get revenge against the so-called "New Republic" by striking them at Endor and cutting the head off the snake.

His campaign was devastating as it was reckless, his fury cutting a swath through the Outer Rim and ignoring Grand Vizier Mas Amedda's desperate pleas for him to return to Coruscant to defend the Imperial capital world. Raz's rage left dozens of worlds burning in his wake, and he didn't care if they were allied with the Rebels or not. Not even Imperials were spared, as Raz clashed against Superior General Sander Delvardus and his rogue state, the Eriadu Authority, and Imperial-held Bakura. That same anger brought him to Endor's doorstep, but his success cost him 12 of his Star Destroyers, with the other 12 damaged in varying states.

Just before Raz could invade Endor, Syn, who was blockading Kashyyyk in the Mid Rim, requested reinforcements from Raz. Syn was under siege by Admiral Ackbar while General Han Solo and Chewbacca were leading a team of NR Special Forces Commandos on a ground mission to undermine Syn's control, just like they did at Endor. While Syn received reassurance from a pair of Bothan agents the Greater Maldrood would send reinforcements, he suspected them of being NR spies and requested Raz's help as insurance against being blindsided.

Torn between avenging his late Emperor and helping his only friend, Raz hesitated only for a moment before cancelling his campaign and hightailing it to Kashyyyk. Unfortunately for Raz, the New Republic intercepted Syn's transmissions and dispatched a huge fleet to stop him, led by General Hera Syndulla of the New Republic's revived Open Circle Armada.

Thanks to the New Republic capturing Kuat Drive Yards earlier that same year, they obtained several impressive warships, bolstering their navy. Syndulla's flagship was the Aurora, a Bellator-class Dreadnought, accompanied by the Event Horizon, a Communications Battlecruiser, Luminous and Stellar Halo, two Allegiance-class Battlecruisers, Lucrehulk Prime, a Lucrehulk carrier filled with 1,000 starfighters, True Fidelity, a Procrusator-class Star Destroyer, and five Imperial-class Star Destroyers, Emancipator, Liberator, Allegiance, Rebel Dream, and Freedom, along with several Mon Cala Star Cruisers, which included Justice, Liberty, and Mon Remonda, and dozens of cruisers, frigates, and corvettes. Together, they formed Task Force Borealis.

Initially, Syndulla's fleet was meant to be supported by Admiral Areta Bell and her fleet of Victory Star Destroyers, along with Admiral Sien Sovv and his squadron of Bulwark Mk. III Battlecruisers, but the former was tied up elsewhere while the latter needed NR reinforcements to liberate Sullust, his homeworld, from Delvardus' siege.

Instead, Syndulla was joined by General Lando Calrissian, much to her exasperation, and Fleet Admiral Hiram Drayson of the Second Fleet, both of whom were commanding from the Liberator and the True Fidelity respectively, and were there to assist Hera.

While Drayson technically outranked Syndulla, she was given command of this mission since she had more experience fighting Grand Admirals than anyone else in the New Republic thanks to battling Thrawn. The Rebellion's final victory over Thrawn at Lothal was bittersweet since they had to pay a high price to achieve it, and Syndulla was determined to ensure nobody sacrificed themselves to stop another Grand Admiral.

Thanks to Raz's history of genocide, the New Republic marked him for death, though Syndulla did offer amnesty to the rest of his fleet. Unfortunately, Raz had filled his fleet with COMPNOR members who were just as fanatically loyal to the Empire as he was, and who were also loyal to him personally, so most of them rejected Syndulla's offer.

Moving swiftly, Syndulla, Calrissian, and Drayson initiated a series of hit-and-fade attacks against Bind Squadron, targeting Raz's weakest ISDs and never sticking around long enough for him to get more than a few shots off. Plus, Syndulla and her allies were aided by independent worlds and their Planetary Defence Forces, who were frightened at being Raz's next targets and eager to defeat him. Especially since Syndulla secured their aid by promising any ISDs they captured from Raz would go to them in exchange for their help. As a result, Task Force Borealis slowed down Raz significantly. While Syndulla's orders were to stop Raz at all costs, Supreme Chancellor Mon Mothma told her if she saw an opportunity to capture Arbitrator without risking more lives, she should take it.

Slowly but surely, Syndulla's game of cat-and-mouse whittled down Raz's fleet, destroying or capturing his ISDs until only Arbitrator and 5 ISDs remained, all of whom were badly mangled by the repeated attacks. Especially since Syndulla refused to give Raz even a moment to repair his ships. As such, the Imperial crew's morale was low and only sheer fanaticism kept them going. Once again, Syndulla offered amnesty to Raz's subordinates, and even revealed proof the New Republic and the Galactic Empire were close to signing a peace treaty.

Raz was incensed by Syndulla's "lies" and humiliated by the fact a mere alien proved to be more skilled at naval warfare than him, but his anger grew further when he received word Ackbar had destroyed Syn. Furious, he took Bind Squadron to Ryloth, Syndulla's homeworld, and blasted it from orbit for several hours. By the time Task Force Borealis arrived, Bind Squadron was gone, and Ryloth was devastated, as was Syndulla's heart.

Or so they thought.

Bind Squadron swiftly ambushed Syndulla from behind one of Ryloth's moons via a micro jump. Worse, Raz had leased the Aggregator, an interdictor cruiser, from the Greater Maldrood and used it to prevent Syndulla's forces from escaping. As the target of Raz's fury, Syndulla found herself under heavy fire and tried to fight back, then escape, before finally evacuating her ship. Aurora's resulting explosion destroyed all five of Hera's ISDs while severely damaging True Fidelity and several of her vessels. Calrissian himself barely escaped Liberator aboard his personal yacht, Lady Luck, and picked up Hera's escape pod before boarding Stellar Halo, the closest ship at the time.

Syndulla hastily took Halo as her new flagship and rallied her fleet. With Aggregator hidden behind Arbitrator and the other 5 ISDs, and Task Force Borealis in shambles, she calmly accepted the fact she was trapped, hoping Sabine, Zeb, and Chopper would take good care of Jacen for her, and prepared for her final stand.

Or so they thought.

Emerging right behind Bind Squadron was a fleet of 5 Victory Star Destroyers Triumph, Monarch, Bombard, Crusader, and Swift Liberty, led by Admiral Areta Bell and her flagship Defiance, an MC80 Home One Type Star Cruiser. Followed by Admiral Sien Sovv and his flagship Arrow of Sullust, a Bulwark Mk. III Battlcruiser, and a squadron of more Bulwark Mk. IIIs. The cavalry had arrived.

Boxed in on all sides, Raz went from being smugly confident to panicking wildly, his imminent victory snatched out from under him as his fleet got pounded from every angle. The Emperor was dead, his only friend was gone, and he was about to join them soon unless he did something.

That's when Raz received an unexpected call through his private channel, the one reserved exclusively for the Emperor to use to contact his Grand Admirals. Initially, Raz thought it was Amedda calling again to demand his return to Coruscant and was annoyed until he answered it, and received a dark greeting.

From Trioculus, Slavelord of the Central Committee of Grand Moffs and Palpatine's son.

Trioculus formed the Committee to seize power back from Amedda, who was plotting treason by signing a peace treaty with the Rebels. Trioculus informed Raz he planned to restore the Empire to its rightful glory with him as the new Emperor and promised a place for him in his new Empire, if Raz was willing to help him, since Trioculus needed his help.

Unsurprisingly, Raz accepted.

After receiving coordinates from Trioculus, Raz immediately escaped with the Arbitrator to Kessel, the Committee's base. In doing so, he left behind his 5 remaining ISDs, whose captains were all shocked and outraged at being abandoned. But instead of accepting Syndulla's plea to surrender, they kept fighting to the bitter end until they were all destroyed. As for Aggregator, its captain immediately surrendered to Syndulla in exchange for amnesty, even turning the cruiser's interdiction fields on the 5 ISDs to discourage them from fighting to no avail. Unlike them, the Aggregator's crew weren't fanatically loyal to the Empire, a fact Syndulla was grateful for.

The Arbitrator was heavily damaged at this point and its hyperdrive was leaking, allowing Task Force Borealis to track Raz down. Since the hyperdrive was mangled, Raz was forced to execute a series of short jumps to Kessel instead of one smooth jump. As a result, Syndulla and her allies managed to catch up, collecting more NR ships along the way, and corner him up against the Maw Cluster, a group of black holes in the Kessel Sector. Raz had nowhere left to run.

Raz was angry at being so close, yet so far, from the son of the man he had devoted his entire life to helping. On his side, he had one Executor heavily damaged from weeks of fighting non-stop and had little reason to expect Imperial reinforcements. On the New Republic's side, they had dozens of Battlecruisers, one Lucrehulk, hundreds of frigates, corvettes, and cruisers, several Star Destroyers, and a few Mon Cala Star Cruisers. Like Raz, they were tired, angry, and eager to get this chase over with. Unlike him, they had sheer numbers on their side, with possible NR reinforcements incoming.

That didn't stop Raz from fighting back.

Three hours later, Arbitrator was reduced to a floating wreck with most of her guns destroyed or out of commission. Syndulla lost her Lucrehulk, 3 Battlecruisers, 5 Star Destroyers, 6 Bulwark Mk. IIIs., and dozens of her support vessels. But she and her allies had beaten Raz into submission. Plus, Syndulla received word a New Republic fleet led by one of their other captured Super Star Destroyers was heading ASAP to Kessel, and she told Raz of that fact, hoping to finally force him to surrender, but prepared to finish what she started if he chose to fight.

Or so they thought.

Unwilling to accept defeat, and knowing surrender would guarantee his death sentence, Raz plotted a hyperspace route to Kessel to escape. When the navicomputer refused to accept his coordinates because it led straight through the Maw Cluster, he used his Grand Admiral's override codes to shut off the safeties. Then he pulled out the Secrets of the Dark Side, the same book Syn gave him, and recited a prayer, determined to reach the son of Palpatine and save the Empire.

Then he leapt into hyperspace - and oblivion.

Days later, Syndulla, Calrissian, Bell, Sovv, and their allies attended the funerals of Hiram Drayson and everyone who died fighting against Raz. Syndulla's grief was tempered by her joy at reuniting with the Ghost crew and her son, as well as the New Republic and the Galactic Empire signing the Galactic Concordance, officially marking the end of the Galactic Civil War.

Syndulla felt aghast at Raz's decision to commit suicide by plunging Arbitrator into one of the Maw Cluster's black holes. She hated him for his numerous war crimes and bombarding Ryloth, now under reconstruction by the NR, but at the same time she felt pity for him for being so devoted to Palpatine he failed to envision a life beyond serving him. However, Syndulla would do anything to protect her son so, in that regard, she reluctantly admitted maybe she and Raz weren't so different.

Except Syndulla had loved ones who cared about her, whereas Raz had no one. For the longest time, she couldn't understand why the Jedi forbade attachments and why they thought it was dangerous, but Raz's suicide had helped her too understand: become too attached to someone, and you risk losing yourself. In that regard, Syndulla swore to never become so overprotective of her son or her friends and family that she would because just as bad as Raz did.

As a reward for taking down Grand Admiral Ishin-II-Raz, Task Force Borealis's leaders were all offered promotions. Areta Bell accepted a promotion to Fleet Admiral of the Second Fleet to succeed Drayson and received the Endurance, lead ship of the Endurance-class Fleet Carriers, as her flagship. Sien Sovv received a posting as part of the New Republic's Home Defence Fleet at Chandrila, their capital world, and the Nebula-class Star Destroyer Voice of the People as his flagship.

As for Syndulla and Calrissian, the latter turned down his reward and decided to resign his military commission to go back to being an independent businessman while Mothma offered a new Super Star Destroyer to replace Aurora. However, Syndulla decided to take leave instead to spend time with her family, telling Mothma she would need to think about it. As Syndulla gazed out of Home One's viewport into the vastness of space, with Jacen and the Spectres standing beside her, she felt like she could finally relax as she smiled.

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Grand Admiral Osvald Teshik commanded Azure Hammer Command, which was tasked with protecting Coruscant. As such, he would have worked closely with Grand Moff Trachta, head of Imperial Center Oversector. At its height, Azure Hammer Command boasted 57 capital warships and the Executor Star Dreadnought Whelm as its flagship.

However, Teshik's command over Azure Hammer would be revoked as punishment for failing to rescue the Imperial Adviser Coh Veshiv when he got kidnapped, while Trachta tried and failed to overthrow Palpatine, only to get betrayed and murdered by his co-conspirators.

This is where Grand Admiral Rufaan Tigellinus, the guy pictured above, comes in. He was an ambitious man who was a fleet admiral before he became a Grand Admiral and was politically savvy. He was also power hungry, and used his political influence to become Grand Moff of the Imperial Center Oversector; both Teshik and Trachta were the greatest obstacles to Tigellinus gaining the Oversector, so the fact both of them got removed from his path was an opportunity too great to ignore.

Plus, becoming head of the Imperial Center Oversector probably granted Tigellinus control over Azure Hammer Command along with Whelm and its massive fleet. A sweet bonus for Tigellinus, who would have taken Whelm as his flagship as a symbol of both his prestige and intimidation. And I would not be surprised if Tigellinus often invited friends and foes alike aboard Whelm when conducting his business as a reminder of his power.

He spent the entire movie trying to become a Viking, only to reject the chance when he got it because he refused to kill Hookfang. In fact, he was more afraid of letting down his father than he was of the actual dragon. It says a lot about his character that he went from being scared of a Night Fury to unafraid of a Monstrous Nightmare.

"I'm not one of them."

1. Capable.

2. Crashing.

In Canon, 13 Super Star Destroyers were produced. After Endor, the so-called "New Republic", really just a rebranded Rebel Alliance, somehow captured 3 while destroying 8 more within the span of a single year, leaving only 2 SSDs left: the Ravager and the Eclipse, both Executors. Though I suspect the other 8 were destroyed due to Imperial infighting between the various rogue Warlords, a prime example being Grand Admirals Grunger and Pitta's mutual demise when the former crammed his Executor flagship Aggressor into the latter's Torpedo Sphere. With the New Republic merely claiming the credit for the kills afterwards for propaganda gains.

This leads me to theorize the 13 SSD count we get in Canon only covers the number of Executors built, and not the total number of SSDs the Empire actually possessed, such as the Bellator, Assertor, Mandator etc.

In fact, I believe the Empire claimed they officially only had 13 SSDs to cover up how many of these Dreadnoughts they really possessed. Plus, in Legends, the Empire had both the Executor lead ship and the Lusankya built simultaneously at Fondor and Kuat respectively to get away with claiming the Executor was being built at both places. So the idea the Empire claimed they only had 13 SSDs to mislead their enemies isn't that far-fetched.

While we never see Legends SSD Eclipse, it's not unreasonable to assume Palpatine ordered an Executor to be built under that name to hide construction of the actual Eclipse from his foes.

1. The Amazing Digital Circus:

After Pomni discovers she is a brainscan of Abigail, her original self, she manages to reconcile with who she is and accepts her place in the Circus, finally accepting the name Caine gave her: Pomni.

"With all that being said and done, Abby is out there, living her best life. In here (sighs softly) I'm just Pomni."

2. Dragon Ball Super: Broly movie:

The Saiyan race made a bad first impression on Goku, another Saiyan whose real name is Kakarot, when they invaded Earth and kidnapped his son. From then on, Goku wanted nothing to do with the Saiyans for the next few decades until Broly, an abnormally powerful Saiyan came along and proved not all Saiyans were evil. As a result, Goku accepts his heritage and tells Broly this line in the movie's ending:

"My name is Goku. But Broly, you can call me Kakarot."

**3. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi:

Darth Vader used to be Anakin Skywalker, a great Jedi Knight who fell to the dark side and failed to save his pregnant wife, so he became Emperor Palpatine's Enforcer since he had nothing left to live for. When he finds out Luke Skywalker is his son, he stops at nothing to convert him to the dark side, his will to live having reignited knowing he has a son.

At the climax of the Battle of Endor, Vader witnesses Palpatine torturing Luke for refusing to turn to the dark side. After a moment of inner conflict, Vader betrays his master and overthrows him, both figuratively and literally; while not explicitly stated, this act symbolize the return of the Jedi Anakin Skywalker, the Hero with No Fear and the Chosen One, and Vader's death.

We even see this at the Rebel Alliance's victory celebration on Endor where Anakin's Force ghost is present along with Masters Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi.

"Tell your sister... You were right about me."

1. Dreadnought-class Heavy Cruiser.

2. Invincible-class Dreadnought.

3. Mandator I-class Super Star Destroyer.

During the Prequel era, the Dreadnought Heavy Cruisers and Invincibles were seen as old and outdated. So seeing them during the High Republic era would have been a good opportunity to see these ships at their peak, Alhamdulillah.

As for the Mandator I, they were demonstration ships meant to attract wealthy clients, so seeing them defend the Core Worlds, even as just cameos, against the Nihil would have been awesome.

The Empire was infamous for its hyper militarization. To keep it simple, I'm only going to account for the Empire's military spending up to 0 BBY, because that's when the Empire was probably at its peak. To give you an idea of how expensive its military spending was, here's a glimpse:

1x Death Star: 1,500,000,000,000 credits.

4x Executor-class Star Dreadnoughts: 4,573,400,000 credits (1,143,350,000 credits per ship).

25,000x Imperial-class Star Destroyers: 375,000,000,000,0 credits (150,000,000 credits per ship).

Total budget: 5,254,573,400,000 credits

And this is probably less than a percent of the Empire's overall budget. Even as early as 19 BBY, Mon Mothma noted half the budget was being spent on these enormous new Star Destroyers. And this is not accounting for all the various other ships, secret projects, and superweapons Palpatine was developing in secret. Not to mention Palpatine was obsessed with immortality and would have spared no expense achieving this goal, with Byss (Legends) and Exegol (Canon) as prime examples of how much effort Palpatine placed in this endeavor. In both instances, Byss and Exegol formed the foundation for a new Empire, meaning Palpatine would have invested an unfathomable amount of credits towards both planets to develop the infrastructure needed to revive the Empire.

In short, the Empire's infamous spending on its military instead of the poor was a hallmark of its tyrannical rule.

Edit: OK, everyone, I get it, you think I don't recognize the Empire's tyranny. I do, I was just using it as an allegory to criticise America.

In the scene where Han's freighter tows in the Millenium Falcon, it's replaced by an Executor-class Super Star Destroyer. Unsurprisingly, Finn becomes terrified and thinks the First Order has found them because he heard rumors the FO has one or two Dreadnoughts hidden in reserve. He tells Rey to fight to the death and not surrender to prepare her for an onslaught of FO troops because he saw how badly hurt Poe was from being interrogated and doesn't want Rey to suffer the same fate. He even prepares to destroy BD-1 to stop the First Order from obtaining the map.

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But to Finn and Rey's surprise, they're greeted by a squad of New Republic soldiers - and the legendary General Han Solo. Who was looking for the map when he got sidetracked after detecting the Falcon's ID signature in the sector. Han's military commission got reactivated after Leia found out the First Order existed, so he donned his old General's uniform and took up command once again as a favor to his wife and to find his son.

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It turns out the SSD that captured them is Han's flagship, Kiss My Wookie, of the New Republic's Fourth Fleet. The ship was formerly known as the Iron Fist after Han seized it from Warlord Zsinj and renamed it in honor of the last insult Han shot at Zsinj before killing him.

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"Kiss my Wookie!"

Yeah, this is probably how we got so many different versions of the Rebels stealing the plans.

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First, we have Keyan Farlander who stole the plans in an assault on Toprawa during the Rebel Alliance's Operation Skyhook before the plans were transmitted to Leia Organa aboard the *Tantive IV*.

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Then, Havet Storm also stole the plans from Toprawa thanks to an Imperial contact there before *also* transmitting them to Leia Organa aboard the *Tantive IV*.

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But on Danuta, the plans were stolen by a former Imperial named Kyle Katarn, who somehow stole the plans practically single-handedly.

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And then we return to Toprawa, where Bria Tharen and her team of Rebel agents also tried to steal the plans, but they all got killed.

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Then, Senator Garm Bel Iblis of Corellia stole data cards related to the Death Star plans and is in league with Senators Bail Organa and Mon Mothma, the Emperor's most popular political opponents and leaders of the Rebel Alliance.

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But it gets even crazier. The Rebels somehow stole the plans off the Death Star *itself*, transmitted them to Polis Massa, which then got beamed to the *Tantive IV* and, you guessed it, Leia Organa.

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But Moff Kalast betrayed the Empire and just straight up gave the Rebels the plans, constituting treason then.

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Shifting back to Danuta, turns out Rianna Saren was at Danuta at the same time as Kyle Katarn and also stole the Death Star plans too.

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And last but not least, we have Rogue One where Jyn Erso, Cassian Andor, and their band of Rebel misfits infiltrated Scariff, stole the plans, and beamed them to the *Profundity*, who then transferred a physical data drive of the plans to a Rebel soldier of the *Tantive IV*, which barely escaped Scariff, as the soldier passed the drive to Leia Organa.

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So with all that said and done, in spite of the Empire's security, the Rebels succeeding in obtaining a complete technical readout of the battle station before destroying it, Alhamdulillah.