Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

[Dragonvx100]

That was glorious, especially since Jir has absolutely no recourse. Who will side with her when she got herself dismissed because she was in the process of trying to give orders to a Moff in his own office ? Plus a MI operative and two Navy personnels who were very much outside of her chain of command. How many ranks above her is Las, even ?

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So technically Momma Las is a Commandant which is a special rank, specifically an imperial in charge of a special asset IE a military academy. If your wanting to go top down from sector Moff you have on the political side governors, on the military side you have Fleet Admirals or Generals, then you have High Admiral or Major General, than Admiral and High General, Vice Admiral and Surface Marshall, Rear Admiral, lastly Commodore. So it depends if Commandant is considered army or navy, if navy she is 7 ranks below him if army its 5.

 

[Natman717]

The best part is if she just sticks around and watches she'll realize Las and all her other kids are going to accomplish the goals she wants, she just wont be a part of it. So muh dynasty will still be achieved, she just wont be in charge

 

[theoretisch cool]

That's prime recruitment trght there.

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You're right. Some would probably even try. The thing is, she has no influence over the Moff. She can train the rebels, but she doesn't bring any important contacts into the sector.

 

[Saethyr]

I never knew the Eruptor in Helldivers 2 was so goated against the Bots. Now I know.

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Of course it is, it's a Bolter, the holiest of His Golden Majesty Man-Emperor of Mankind's weapons.

Thank you, but I was more asking how many ranks there are between Las and his mother.

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Judjing by the ranking pips, 6 in two rows, it's an appointment for Commander/Colonel.
Even as a Governor, who are equivalent to a Fleet Admiral (Navy), Marshal (Army) and Director (everything else, including ISB), Las outranked her by 5 ranks, 6 when he became a Moff. But Moff also outranks everything mentioned above.
Above a Moff are only Grand General, Grand Admiral, Grand Moff, who are all equivalent of each other, and the Emperor. So, poetically speaking, as a Moff Las is two steps below the Throne.

 

[Arrowthorne]

You're right. Some would probably even try. The thing is, she has no influence over the Moff. She can train the rebels, but she doesn't bring any important contacts into the sector.

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Sure.....

but they don't know that, do they?

Edit: plus theres always the political scandal. "Mother of Moff a Rebel Agent: How loyal are the rest" or something along those lines.

 

[Arnorian_Spartan]

I kinda feel bad for his sisters and Dad, f the mom she's gotten what she's deserved at being rendered irrelevant. But I can see where they are coming from. Their Brother/son doesn't ever reach out to any of them they've all come to him. He doesn't make time for them, he doesn't chat with them outside of work, and he from their perspective he is a workaholic.

But none of them have tried to understand Las, they don't talk to his friends or trusted staff. They expect the Las they knew when he had shown that he is not that boy anymore.

 

[Arnorian_Spartan]

Sure.....

but they don't know that, do they?

Edit: plus theres always the political scandal. "Mother of Moff a Rebel Agent: How loyal are the rest" or something along those lines.

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If anything that's a good scheme by his imperial enemies. Trick her into defecting to the rebels only for it to be a trap to discredit him and get ISB on his ass

 

[AlphaOmega]

I will be honest, didn't even know Military Intelligence was a thing before reading this fic.

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It's usually referred to as Imperial Intelligence, you probably heard about that name,

And for the local political scene its another good example of the new Moff showcasing he is perfectly willing to 'abuse' his power both in nepotistically bringing his sister into the fold, and completely ruining what was left of his mothers career.

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And it will likely help him since this is, you know the Empire, people having proof he does indeed indulge in the occasional abuse of power means there are ways to influence him and curry favour.

There is also teh Executor position in Legends that Palpy created for Luke in Dark Empire, but I'm pretty sure that didn't exist until then, so a few years from now. Also never understood why should Luke should accept that position, at least in teh films you know Palpy was a father figure for Anakin, but Luke didn't had any reason for accepting that position. Dark Empire is pretty bad at caracterization ( still less awful than the sequels, in any case ).

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I'm pretty sure Luke got Dark Side juice pumped directly into him and was thus Fallen briefly but he does eventually manage to get his head back on straight.

You're right. Some would probably even try. The thing is, she has no influence over the Moff. She can train the rebels, but she doesn't bring any important contacts into the sector.

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Rebels aren't looking for contacts, the Alliance is a hodge podge of various rebel groups ranging from civilian guerrillas to ex-military. The soldiers can do what they can to bring the civilians up to standard but someone with actual experience in training recruits into professionals would be very helpful.

 

[Dragonvx100]

Above a Moff are only Grand General, Grand Admiral, Grand Moff, who are all equivalent of each other, and the Emperor. So, poetically speaking, as a Moff Las is two steps below the Throne.

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That isn't technically correct, your forgetting Vader aka Supreme Commander of the Imperial Military and the Mas Ameda Grand Vizier and head of the Imperial Ruling Council. So, it's technically 4 steps.

 

[Galanthus]

I thought the whole family unintentionally(from their perspective) coming together would be the joke but this is even better.