Chapter 11

Some are generated by happenstance, and those may be benign.

Some are generated by happenstance, and those may be benign.

Given the captain's age and upbringing, Eli had feared that he would show either the prejudices of Moff Ghadi's patronizing mouthpiece Culper or the disdain of the (...)

Instead, Cheno had taken Thrawn's assignment in stride, though with a certain degree of quiet yet unmistakable misgiving.

Instead, Cheno had taken Thrawn's assignment in stride, though with a certain degree of quiet yet unmistakable misgiving.

They seem somewhat bewildered, though.

With your permission, I will go and see about getting them properly stowed.

Your growing aptitude for the art of tactics.

As Cheno had said, everything was obvious in hindsight.

He admitted that the man who set up the scheme specifically told them to disperse the meat over their entire path.

For Thrawn, it was an invaluable tool.

He'd been asked innumerable times how he was able to build such detailed tactical knowledge from such obscure and insignificant ingredients.

The weave of artist and culture was evident to the discerning eye.

"The overall pattern of his career validates your assessment."

"The overall pattern of his career validates your assessment."

"I have given it a cursory examination."

I'm an adequate one.

"But his hope will likely remain unfulfilled."

"Or perhaps I should say, insurgents of Umbara."

This is Admiral Carlou Gendling of the Imperial Star Destroyer Foremost.