Directive Four-Seventeen mandated that any and all Galactic Empire units in the vicinity were to provide assistance. Following an assassination attempt targeting Bidor Ferrouz, the governor presiding over the Candoras sector, Imperial General Kauf Ularno activated this directive in 0 ABY, compelling the neighboring Task Force Admonitor to offer their support.
Timothy Zahn included Directive Four-Seventeen in his 2011 novel titled Choices of One.