The first of our scout ships arrived at Cere borders 3 days ago and discovered mass rioting among Cere Alliance colonies. Its seems that the Cere Alliance has fallen into a state of disarry and Anarchy. No military resistance was encountered save for some Cere renegade planetary governors. Whereabouts of the Viceroy were sketchy. Upon retracing the known flight path of the Ambassador's fleet, several burnt out Devorae escort ships as well as the ambassador's Battlecruiser were discovered. Ship's logs were recovered and downloaded into databanks. The events told were disturbing. Arrival into the Cere Alliance's homeworld, the Ambassador was unfortunately caught in the now present Cere Alliance Civil War. They were immediately fired upon by planetary forces because of impulsive Cere Warlords trying to battle each other for control of Cere. The Maelstorm fleets dispatched in this investigation issued a dicate to acquire 1.0 Quadrants from this anarchistic Alliance. We therefore formally claim 1.0 quadrants from the Cere Alliance and offer Devorae 2nd class citizenship to any Cere who dwell in these systems. Any Cere who do not wish to live under Imperium rule have the option to retreat to the remaining systems of Cere. The newly acquired Cere systems will be named Cere Protectorate and is under Imperium martial law till sufficient order is established and assimilation is complete. The Cere Protectorate is a district now under Devorae Imperium territory and control. Preparations for a Cere counter-attack are underway but since their obvious lack of action and lack of allies, no resistance is expected.