Prescott Portenson watched as Stormtroopers chased after the retreating Rebel forces, and a squad of X-wings was being tailed by a volley of TIE fighters. He walked over to the side of the small hill he was on and looked down at the battle site where the skirmish was. Several hours ago, there was a ceremony for the graduates of the Imperial Military Academy, and the Rebellion saw this as a chance to take out a new generation of the Empire's soldiers, but failed. "Well, better get started."