@all: Ok folks- please begin posting. If your character was at the briefing, feel free to have your intro either be a flashback of some kind, your character attending the briefing, or your character in the immediate aftermath of the briefing. I will assign folks to squadrons if they have not already indicated a preference, but unless you say otherwise, I'll be assigning you to one of the squadrons attacking Celestine V. The three folks who are in Rho squadron- Enalais, CommodoreRobot, and InkBlood- you're good to go. 

Also, Vahir has begun a history of the old Empire here: http://piratepad.net/v2eDAbGKgg

Feel free to jump in and contribute! And of course, find me in the main ppad, the chatzy, or most reliably by PM here with any questions you may have.