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Manuever 717

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this was the Imperial codename for a mission in which an officer wanted to get rid of a possible spy or enemy agent was posing as a pilot onboard a warship. The spy would be allowed to continue their normal flight schedule, and would be sent out on several starfighter mission with other officers. During one of these missions, the commander could issue the command to fly Manuever 717. Under this order, the loyal pilots would lead the spy away from the ship on what appeared to be a routine mission. The spy would be allowed to lead the mission, so that his fighter would be in front of the others. Then, once the ships were in a position such that the spy couldn't see them, they fired on and destroyed his ship. In this way, the spy was killed in a remote area, and the returning pilots were able to claim the spy was shot down by enemy fire.