However, I vote to APPROVE the virus research (on the condition that they won't be used without permission from management, since they are rather specifically prohibited in rule 2A), and reconstituting the Death Hunter project, since it is modest and something that originated in the Pentastar Alignment, anyway. But at this time, I really don't know enough about the Dark Troopers to comment one way or another, so while I do more research I think I'll let another manager post in that respect first.

There's also what I call the Jeeves Rule of Probabilities, that I usually apply in these sorts of situations. Here you have something (the Dark Troopers) that would be vastly beneficial to the Imperial Remnant both for its efficiency, and for the chronic recruitment problems that the Remnant generally experienced. And yet, it's never specifically mentioned in canon that anyone ever revisited the Dark Trooper project after it was shut down. The Jeeves Rule of Probabilities says that if something makes sense but doesn't occur in canon, there's probably a reason it doesn't occur in canon.

What that reason is? Who knows? It could be that knowledge of the project was limited in the first place (which does seem to be the case, since the whole thing was apparently confined nonsensically to one ship), and that most of the Remnant simply doesn't know about it. That would be my guess. But in any case, for that reason and also their sheer destructive capability, I vote to DENY reinstituting that project. I also think the Death Hunters should suffice, since you don't really need two supersoldier projects. I also want to emphasize, though, that the Death Hunters never seem to have been intended for front line combat, but rather for special missions or, as Wookieepedia says, "dirty work."

Also, I appreciate you agreeing to the "special operations" clause. Just to clarify, though, since Wookieepedia seems to specify them for being replacements for bounty hunters, that's the sort of thing I would generally expect them to do.

As far as the viruses are concerned, I don't disagree with Echuu's reservations. He's right that there should probably be a more finite number of them (because really, it only takes one, doesn't it?). Three seems like a reasonable limit. The reason that I, of all people, am generally approving of the idea is that they still have to be approved for their use on a case by case basis (under Rule 2A), and that's the point at which I'll no doubt be more crotchety. A lot more crotchety. But for now I'm all pants and smiles.