A flash of disrupted subspace rippled and grew. Almost before the energy burst was recorded it vanished. The burst of energy was unlike anything the Imperial sensors had ever seen and thus it was flagged as an anomaly. An Imperial officer on board one of the Star Destroyers orbiting Corusunt was tasked with finding out what caused the anomaly.

Unknown to the Imperials a Terran probe had just entered the system. The probe was cloaked with two different energy cloaks, an EM cloak, and a phase shift cloak similar to those used by the Sodan.

The probe had combined Terran sensors, capable of detecting and tracking all energy signatures and all matter within one square light year. It immediately began a scan and found multiple electronic systems, ships, and satellites.

After listening in on the electronic wireless signals coming from various area's of the planet and its orbit, the probe was able to hack into the computer cores of every ship, satellite, and electronic library on or around the planet without detection. Quickly copying the data it sent a worm burst back to the Volos SGC.

At the Volos SGC the data was quickly analyzed by AI's and advanced computers. The intercepted data told the Terrans quite a bit about their new enemy.

"First and foremost General Loas, we now know that the planet we emerged over was the capital of a very large interplanetary government known as 'The Galactic Empire'. This 'Empire' is fighting insurgents and has a few smaller unexplored areas of the Corsa galaxy that may contain enemies. The 'Empire' was formed apparently as part of a coup in the middle of a civil war. This civil war led to the destruction of the former government known simply as 'The Republic'. The insurgents currently fighting the Empire are attempting to restore the Republic." A Vesect first contact analyst chattered. "According to the computer records, the Imperials believed our exploration ship to be an insurgent vessel."

General Loas tapped his finger on the table of the briefing room.

"Where is the leader of this empire now?" the general asked irritably. He was not looking forward to letting a government off the hook for destroying one of his ships, whatever the reason.

"The Emperor appears to have journeyed to a classified space station known simply as the 'Death Star' general." A human advisor put in.

"Very well, is the battle fleet mustered?" the general asked.

"Yes sir, the last destroyer just arrived." The human advisor said officially.

"Then have them prepare for deployment. I want a personal apology from this Emperor, and fear generally inspires apologies. Let's see how they respond to a Terran battle fleet!"

"General, I strongly recommend only one ship, preferably an unarmed diplomat ship is sent in place of a fleet. A fleet can be interpreted as hostile, and that is not a good way to open negotiations." The Vesect analyst said shrilly.

"I understand your feelings Sheour-Tenurn, however my decision is final." He continued under his breath "I'm not loosing another ship to this bastard."

In space, on the edge of a solar system on the edge of the Volos galaxy, a Terran battle fleet mustered. Two battle carriers, ten battleships, fifty cruisers, and one hundred destroyers. The Terran ships received the target coordinates, and all of them turned and vanished into flashes of light