Stardate 2262.839

I had a long talk today with my inner circle. Everyone is of the opinion that the Emperor will be dead before the end of the year. Our priority between now and when that occurs will be to keep things at an even keel as much as possible.

Strangely enough, the Emperor himself has made that task easier by executing enough of my rivals that the remainder of them are keeping a very low profile. I still need to decide if some of them might prove to be useful enough to keep or not worth the bother.