Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

[Pef]

playing the role of the proper imperial governor probably means not getting too friendly with your twilek secretary...unless, I suppose "friendly" actually means "sexually abusive". Fortunately our boy Las is too moral to be like that.

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Meh, posting on SB and SV already guarantees there won't be any fun stuff here. Censorship is harsh.

 

[AlphaOmega]

*snort* like their Commandant mother wouldn't bug or screen their calls

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When Las was still on Eriadu? Definitely but after he got Minda that was off the table because the mother was literally on the opposite end of the galaxy. And the only one who actually reached out was Zyx and only because she got curious about his sudden competence. Hell, Alvi has been here for months and didn't do anything.

Any bets on his mother running here after endor?

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After Endor Delvardus sets up the Eriadu Authority so I suspect someone like Las mother would try and climb ranks in his little clique until they get conquered by the New Republic, then she will try and run to Minda/Pentastar Alignment though it's a toss up if she would be able to avoid being caught.

 

[RageKnight]

When Las was still on Eriadu? Definitely but after he got Minda that was off the table because the mother was literally on the opposite end of the galaxy. And the only one who actually reached out was Zyx and only because she got curious about his sudden competence. Hell, Alvi has been here for months and didn't do anything.

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Remember that the last thing they knew about their brother before the SI took over that he was an ENTITLED brat. You blaming them for not talking to the force ghost that made their brother a flesh puppet.

The litteral first thing that happened in this story was the SI stopping the planet's first massacre because their BROTHER raised all the taxes to steal everything before dipping out. That's the kind of person they remembered being sent to Minda. The standard imperial noble who would kill thousands if it was profitable for a year.

The SI isn't their brother and is a completely different type of human compared to Star Wars humans. He's been drowning himself in work paranoid that everything but his cat is seconds away from putting a blaster bolt in his skull.

Do you really think such a paranoid person would try to connect with anyone they knew the person they took over on the slightest chance they realize he isn't the real person? No he would rebuff every attempt of connection with excuses after excuses and end any conversation with them as fast as possible if forced into a conversation.

And guess what? He's been doing exactly that with them.

 

[Yacov]

Omake: Tales from the Mindan R&D Rubbish Bin

POV: Experimental Engineering Manager Watskin, Ugea, Mindan R&D Proposal Review Office

Watskin cricked his neck in anticipation of a long night. The department had gone through another set of proposals from overeager and under restrained scientists and engineers. Each thinking their "little side project" was worth the Governor's attention and funding.

Sadly this round of applicants were some of the worst he had seen. Writing up the reports into something presentable was going to take all night. Especially to justify the cost of collateral damage.

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The Turbojet Podspeeder

"Explain to me again how you think adding a seat to a Podracer engine can be used for military use."

"We must use every means possible to boost our PDF forces. Podracing not only caters the lowest level of sentient, but also takes up valuable resources."

"Uh-huh. How do you intend to keep the pilot attached to your new speeder?"

"Magnetic clamps to the limb slots. We aren't grad students, manager. This will keep the rider absolu…"

"Sam! The torso on our dummy just tore off mid test! Also the Mayor of Rolling Greens' is on the line. Aggressively requesting why the Imperial Government felt the need to fire a warship missile at a Shaak Barn."

"Rolling Greens'? But the test was supposed to be conducted in Augir."

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The Imperial Comet Glider Bomber

"It was so obvious. Cryogen gas is the coolant of the future. With the data this testbed provides we will be able to spread it throughout the Imperial navy!"

"I noticed the gas lines are precariously close to the cockpit. What would occur if these lines were breached?"

"The cryogen would flood into the cockpit and probably cause the pilot to freeze. Crashing shortly after. B-but don't worry, we have run the numbers on this and calculated the odds."

"And those odds were?"

"18%"

"Per battle!?"

"Per flight."

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The Quad Walker Recoilless Heavy Destroyer

"Using four legs instead of two was a smart move. Unfortunately even the addition of deployable anchors couldn't stop it from falling over."

"That's what testing is for sir. Was the prototype recoverable?"

"Sadly after the small savannah fire caused by the back-blast from the cannon was contained, it was discovered burned to a crisp. The testers were recovered and are in the hospital."

"They knew the risks."

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The Minimalist Scout Fighter

"We followed the TIE's example. Cutting all the unnecessary luxuries to make the cheapest, most compact scout fighter possible."

"You certainly did that. It is certainly novel to put the thruster right behind the seat of the pilot. One question. Given the open canopy concept, what is to stop the pilot's head or appendages getting sucked into the engine?"

"As if the Empire's elite pilots would get sucked into their own ship's engines. Their death would only prove they were too incompetent for the Empire to make use of."

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The Life Day Bolt, an arborous insertion and extraction assault shuttle

"So you're saying the purpose of this vehicle is to "stealthily kidnap the leaders of the Rebel Alliance"?"

"It is genius! Everyone will be looking out for metal vehicles shooting out thermal energy. My Bolt will bypass all those detectors by being made entirely of wood and using propeller based flight!"

"This thing is 80 meters long and 120 meters wide. A mark 1 eyeball can pick this thing out in pitch black. Is it at least blaster resistant Dr. Life Day?"

"Well obviously no. This is a stealth vehicle. It is not supposed to be shot at. One handheld blaster could make it go up to in flames. However those soft hearted Rebels will not dare shoot at it once their leaders are secured aboard. I just need this very experimental engine from Imperial High Command and we can make my dream fly."

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The reports were looking far from acceptable, but at least the blame won't fall on him. Hopefully this doesn't jeopardize negotiations to reopen expansion in prototyping. The department really needs the release valve.

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Quiz time! How many of these prototypes were inspired by real world examples?

Crossposted on SV and SB

 

[AmericanNumbers]

Again, I point out that Las was the punching bag and was sent to this posting as punishment duty. No one helped him. And now he's an SI who is orders of magnitude more successful than them with little emotional attachment. I am looking forward to him laughing at his mom if she ever shows up to try to browbeat him.

 

[WanderingHive]

I think it's best for Last to keep his interaction Formal like earlier, Las is distant from the rest of the family despite his previous personality and actions so no one in the family truly knows him personally.

 

[Fanof1]

Again, I point out that Las was the punching bag and was sent to this posting as punishment duty. No one helped him. And now he's an SI who is orders of magnitude more successful than them with little emotional attachment. I am looking forward to him laughing at his mom if she ever shows up to try to browbeat him.

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He wasn't the punching bag though. They all dealt with the same shit mother who acted the same with his sisters. The only difference is that the sisters put in work and effort to get away from her, while las (prior to si insertion) was a lazy bastard who flunked the academy* and tried to squeeze as much wealth out of Minda before (trying) to run away.
And as was pointed out earlier petty politicking is the pastime of the imperial military and administrative systems. Las would have been a weak link for the two who could take him in.


*Las had to of been mad disrespectful and stupid to get kicked out of an academy his own mother was overseeing. That's the set up to get a decent job even if he only did OK. She would have

 

[paxus22]

i think he was kicked out for contradicting imperial doctrine if i remember correctly.

so being a smart ass and going against imperial doctrine/belief system

lol gonnaa need re-read now.. huh was first ch rewritten or I just remember wrong? dont remember the flunked/embarrassment part.

 

[Fanof1]

i think he was kicked out for contradicting imperial doctrine if i remember correctly.

so being a smart ass and going against imperial doctrine/belief system

lol gonnaa need re-read now.. huh was first ch rewritten or I just remember wrong? dont remember the flunked/embarrassment part.

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I probably need to reread it completely to. There was a time where we were getting (almost) consistent daily updates.

I could even have sworn that we were told that las was raised exclusively by his father for 10 years while the sisters were raised mostly by there mother. But I'd have to reread it to see if my minds playing tricks.

 

[paxus22]

yeah i remember the part about the father , not sure if still in.

 

[WanderingHive]

Yeah it seems he had never been close to anyone but his father,i don't know where the rest of the family angst even come from because his relationship can be described as a familiar acquintances at best.

 

[RedDeadShyguy]

Because his mother pretty much sent him to die in a pirate infested hole and has enough reason to believe his sisters are extensions of his mothers will.

 

[illerayn]

I don't know if I remember the story wrong compared to everyone understanding, but I'm personally a bit sad for the sisters.

Like, from my understanding of the story, the Mother was a very controlling entity, that expect great things from her children to advance her career in the empire. So she pushed hard all her children, bar the only son that stayed with his father. When he came to her care, his sisters were all already put where the Mother wanted, starting or in the military, with the schedule to match, so she also expected great things from her son, which she didn't raise.

Not being raised by her made her expect things from him that he never had to do before, which made him flunk the Academy course and disappoint her. She wasn't really abusive, but for one didn't know how to express her love for him, and also expected more from him than just being an hedonistic teenager when she, again, didn't raise him. So she posted him in a backwater planet, on a governing position so he was relatively safe, while vaguely threatening him so he could grow up and make something of himself, but without taking her career with him.

On the other hand, his sister probably had next to no interactions with him, since they already were in school or working when he got with their mother, but they were raised knowing they had a brother, they followed his actions in their own ways, and so expected a warm welcome (like at least how you would welcome a cousin you see for the first time in 10 years), not the cold shoulder of a SI who knows that he is deep in sith creek with a looming defeat for his side, who is paranoid as hell that his mother wants him dead from the feelings of the entitled teenager who inhabited the body before, and who just wants to run away and not deal with all the problems coming his way (that's not happening, he did too good of a job for him to be able to flee, especially since he is now marked on the face after the R&D accident).

So yes, I would like to see him manage to reunite with his sisters, maybe when the Empire falls, or when they try to get closer to him. (Also would love some lewd content, but it's not something that could happen for now in story anyway...).

(If you don't agree with me, feel free to enlighten me with either WoG or quotes )

 

[sperance]

(If you don't agree with me, feel free to enlighten me with either WoG or quotes )

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Okay. I'll even be nice and use only quotes by the sisters, so you won't be able to say it's all in Las' head.

From Alvi, chapter 6.

She sighed, as her thoughts turned to the youngest and only boy of the family. Las and her had been inseparable during childhood, but had drifted apart during their time at the Eriadu Academy. He had struggled with the subjects, and was almost always in trouble for contradicting the teachers opinions, or questioning orders, all while she had shot ahead straight into the pilot program.

And the dressing down Mom gave him was horrific. She didn't say much, but the disappointment and disgust was visceral in a way only Commandant Mola could ever do. Las hadn't just been booted from the academy, he had been stuck as a governor on a backwater. While governor was a good position, to be the governor of an outer-rim system was basically asking to either stagnate or get killed by pirates. If that wasn't enough, he had to improve the system in real and tangible ways?

Honestly, it was horrible. Alvi understood why her mother had done it, Las couldn't stay at the academy, or anywhere where he could further bring shame to the Mola family. But to threaten him with infantry service? She shuddered. To fight in the Imperial Infantry front lines was to be part of an unstoppable force that would toss as many bodies into a pit just to walk over the corpses instead of going around. Of course, she would never publicly say this, as disparaging the Emperor's armed forces wasn't a good look, and she hadn't gotten this far without some understanding of etiquette.

As she sighed deeply once more, ruminating on the fate of her brother, her com bead blared static for a second, startling her.

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Alvi says their mom is 100% setting Las up to die and her reaction is basically "he deserves it for shaming the Mola family".

More from Alvi, literally the first time she sees him after learning he almost got assassinated:

As her brother walked into the room, there was only one thing she could say.

"Why does your helmet have a nose?"

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"So that's it. This whole project that the Grand Admiral wanted so badly is just being scrapped?" She couldn't help herself. They had worked so hard on this!

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First he makes fun of the helmet he uses to hide his horrific scarring and then her only interest is that Thrwn stupidly expensive pet project isn't being continued by a system that has no need for it.

How about the middle sister, Zyx? She's a super-spy, surely she has made some covert moves to help her family?

Zyx had expected to be tracking him down as he fled by this point, but they were almost seven months in and he was making a legitimate attempt.

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Whops, apparently she's decided to actually help the Commandant track Las down if he pulls a runner. Oh, dear.

All it took was a quick slice of a data port, and the entire database of the Bore was downloaded into her personal database. It would normally take far longer, and far more space, but MI let their agents have a few of the nicer toys.

After that, it was child's play to retreat. The discs would degrade on their own within minutes, leaving no evidence of her tampering save for a thin layer of dust.

From there, she retreated to her ship, the refueling finished by then. A light smirk graced her features as she sat in the cockpit of the Humble Darkness. Another successful infiltration. Sure, it wasn't an official job, but she still loved it. The thrill of it all, the feeling of digging up secrets, of knowing more than others, holding that knowledge, it was exciting.

And now, she knew a great deal about her brother's operations on The Bore. There were more places to stop by, but it was just the beginning.

She was going to have so much fun teasing him with all of this information.

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She also seems to think that spying on his operations for shits and giggles makes for a hilarious prank.

Regardless, she had to report this. All agents had to report what they got up to in their spare time. Price of the job and all.

Finally, she managed to get the recorder free. She would have words with the designer who made it such a tight fit.

However, when she tried to activate it, it didn't work. Multiple times, she tried to activate it, to no avail.

Then she remembered. When she was being escorted into the labs, she, like all the members of the party, was scanned by a trooper with an odd, paddle shaped device. It was apparently meant to check for explosives and possible contaminants. Instead, it was likely meant to quietly fry communication and recording devices.

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She also tried to report a rant that goes against Imperial doctrine and was only stopped from doing so because Las was smarter than she thought and fried her recording equipment.

The only one that isn't activelly offensive is Shal, mostly because

Shal chewed on the inside of her lip. Her relationship with her youngest sibling was…distant, to say the least. They were born nearly a decade apart, and by the time he was able to walk and talk she was already being trained. They had seen precious little of each other, and when they had finally met for his entrance into the Eriadu Academy, he had not recognized her. At all.

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They barely know each other.

Finally, it led to this. Exile, a death sentence in all but name. If he wasn't killed by pirates or rebels, then when he inevitably failed he would be sent to the frontlines. A way for their mother to rid the family of a stain on its banner.

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Here, Shal also agrees that their mother is setting Las up to die.

But behind the laughter there were thoughts flowing around her head. What has changed? Did the fear of death truly push Las to these heights? And when would his paranoia come crashing down around him? She wasn't anywhere close enough to protect him if that happened.

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Shal is, true enough, the only one of Las sisters to ever spare a thought to actually helping him. However, as stated

"I was assigned to guard this system, Governor." She stated. It hurt that he didn't even call her by name, but they had never been close. With time…maybe.

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They barely know each other and Las has no reason to trust her.

So, yeah, Commandant Mola isn't some "though love" mother trying to get Las to grow up, considering literaly every single one of her children is convinced she's just looking for an excuse to get Las killed in the frontlines.

And the sisters expecting a warm welcome is a laughable proposition considering that, of the three, one would actively help their mother, another doesn't give a single shit if he dies and the only one who actually cares has been so absent from his life that she's basically a stranger.

So, no. Las reaction to his sisters showing up (unnanounced, mind you) in his system is perfectly reasonble, because they aren't his allies.

 

[ScarredPunLover]

Dunno if they even really count as the SI's sisters. Yes, they are the sisters of the individual whose body he is now in possession of, but they are still strangers to him, and he's not exactly under any obligation to connect with them or maintain bonds with them out of some strange respect for his "predecessor." And blood is hardly the end all, be all for what determines "family."

The Mola family being distant at best is a good excuse to not have to bother with pretending to be family

 

[paxus22]

i think the mom is just a career imperial and anything other than perfect or political correct is a issue.
it's all about image rather than substance and MC is opposite .

 

[SotF]

i think the mom is just a career imperial and anything other than perfect or political correct is a issue.
it's all about image rather than substance and MC is opposite .

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From other things mentioned, seems more of the straight up career military combined with her nose firmly up Tarkin's ass for things. She's also running a military academy...her son just isn't cut out for being military there.

She wanted more examples of her being superior there...getting him to try running a small, out of the way planet kind of fits that as well since it both gets him away from ruining her glory while also being able to say that at least he's doing "something" for the cause.

I've known some people who grew up in some of the scary military heritage families that were as controlling as fuck, a few of them even ended up all but abandoned because they couldn't join up for disqualifications due to various things, one Asthma and one was injured in the sports teams they'd been pushed into, and another who left the military rather than career due to medical discharge and a purple heart due to an IED. Those families are rabid about it, some even to the point about which branch someone joins.