Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

[paxus22]

wasn't stardust the death-star codename? you may be confusing the fact that the tie project had it's funds diverted to stardust aka deathstar.

 

[Doombringer]

wasn't stardust the death-star codename? you may be confusing the fact that the tie project had it's funds diverted to stardust aka deathstar.

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Everything had its funding diverted to Stardust. Palps wanted his giant ball as soon as possible.

 

[Aeroeng]

wasn't stardust the death-star codename? you may be confusing the fact that the tie project had it's funds diverted to stardust aka deathstar.

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Yep, basically the death Star(Project Stardust) and the Tie-Defender program were fighting as Tarkin hated Krennic, so he was using it to put pressure on him, and when the laser was used on the planet it was being constructed on he fully backd it. (This is the Rogue one timeline, I like the Kyle timeline better)

 

[War Sage]

wasn't stardust the death-star codename? you may be confusing the fact that the tie project had it's funds diverted to stardust aka deathstar.

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That's what I meant.

Vadar would support Thrawn in his tie program over the death star.

Everything had its funding diverted to Stardust. Palps wanted his giant ball as soon as possible.

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It also cost tens of thousands of the Empire's best and more then a fleet of star destroyers

 

[Aeroeng]

That's what I meant.

Vadar would support Thrawn in his tie program over the death star.

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He would Vader HATED the Death Star as he saw it as both a waste of resources, men, and time, he literally says in the film "Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet, or even a whole system, is insignificant next to the power of the Force.'

It also cost tens of thousands of the Empire's best and more then a fleet of star destroyers

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Not sure if your adding onto what he said, but it took a huge amount of the Empires GDP to construct it, is what he meant.

 

[Sam I Am]

If Palpatine wasn't so far up his own ass, fanatically huffing his own farts, he'd have probably realized how stupid the Death Star is.

Why make an entire moon sized space station to destroy planets, when you can jut do it the old fashioned way with Railguns? It's not as though every planet in the Galaxy has a Planetary Shield, and the ones that do could probably be waited out given enough time and a sufficient blockade.

Unless the planet is self-sufficent, but how many planets in the Star Wars universe are truly self-sufficent?

 

[War Sage]

If Palpatine wasn't so far up his own ass, fanatically huffing his own farts, he'd have probably realized how stupid the Death Star is.

Why make an entire moon sized space station to destroy planets, when you can jut do it the old fashioned way with Railguns? It's not as though every planet in the Galaxy has a Planetary Shield, and the ones that do could probably be waited out given enough time and a sufficient blockade.

Unless the planet is self-sufficent, but how many planets in the Star Wars universe are truly self-sufficent?

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It's always mind blowing the sheer amount of Superweapons the Empire built before Endor.

Like for example

3 Death Stars including that prototype.
Sun crusher
Orbital nightcloak
Worldcrafts
Resonance Torpedo Launcher
Two wave gravshoc
Project Nightwing
Hutt clone troopers.
Superlaser Star destroyers

Among soooo many others.


As for self-sufficent planets in the core very unlikely, but the futher out you go like the mid and outer rim you would probably find planets that are self-sufficent.

 

[Aeroeng]

It's always mind blowing the sheer amount of Superweapons the Empire built before Endor.

Like in total

3 Death Stars including that prototype.
Sun crusher
Orbital nightcloak
Worldcrafts
Resonance Torpedo Launcher
Two wave gravshoc
Project Nightwing
Hutt clone troopers.
Superlaser Star destroyers

Among soooo many others.


As for self-sufficent planets in the core very unlikely, but the futher out you go like the mid and outer rim you would probably find planets that are self-sufficent.

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Don't forget the Dark Troopers.

 

[Aeroeng]

Also, another idea I had, when the miners finish clearing out a asteroid, there's basically a empty shell ready to be used, what if we use some for secret outposts in case of another invasion(basically they appear as normal asteroids until a enemy comes close and turrets pop out and shoot at them, maybe even a small fighter bay.), we could also string multiple of the bigger ones together, hollow them out and turn them into an amazing place to train troopers, as we could artificially make each one a different climate.

 

[theoretisch cool]

Also, another idea I had, when the miners finish clearing out a asteroid, there's basically a empty shell ready to be used, what if we use some for secret outposts in case of another invasion(basically they appear as normal asteroids until a enemy comes close and turrets pop out and shoot at them, maybe even a small fighter bay.), we could also string multiple of the bigger ones together, hollow them out and turn them into an amazing place to train troopers, as we could artificially make each one a different climate.

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It would be theoretically possible. But he already has at least 3 biomes on his planet (water, plains and the jungle hell). He could also build habitats and factories for the explosive things. Or shipyards. But it will take some time until an asteroid is hollowed out to that extent.

 

[Sam I Am]

It's always mind blowing the sheer amount of Superweapons the Empire built before Endor.

Like in total

3 Death Stars including that prototype.
Sun crusher
Orbital nightcloak
Worldcrafts
Resonance Torpedo Launcher
Two wave gravshoc
Project Nightwing
Hutt clone troopers.
Superlaser Star destroyers

Among soooo many others.

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How much wasted money and man-hours do you think the Empire wasted on these superweapons which could have been put to better use building new ships, or better lasers for said ships, or newer armors and weapons for the army?

As for self-sufficent planets in the core very unlikely, but the futher out you go like the mid and outer rim you would probably find planets that are self-sufficent.

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Hey, that's a neat quinky-dink, don't you think?

The wealthy planets that most likely have Planetary Shields are all in the core and are not likely to be self-sufficient, whilst the poorer planets that are least likely to have Planetary Shields are all in the mid-to-outer rim and are more likely to be self-sufficient!

That's just neat that the wealth disparity between Rims can be modeled by how likely it is for planets to have PSs!

And it makes me question Palpatine's dumbassery even more.

 

[War Sage]

How much wasted money and man-hours do you think the Empire wasted on these superweapons which could have been put to better use building new ships, or better lasers for said ships, or newer armors and weapons for the army?


Hey, that's a neat quinky-dink, don't you think?

The wealthy planets that most likely have Planetary Shields are all in the core and are not likely to be self-sufficient, whilst the poorer planets that are least likely to have Planetary Shields are all in the mid-to-outer rim and are more likely to be self-sufficient!

That's just neat that the wealth disparity between Rims can be modeled by how likely it is for planets to have PSs!

And it makes me question Palpatine's dumbassery even more.

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The thing is some of these like giving a Star destroyer a superlaser, not that bad of an idea but they just went with almost every idea that anyone came up with got funding and resources.


Yea, unfortunately you can't blame Palpatine as that wealth disparity existed long before he was born, he just took advantage for the grand plan and never planed to fix it, but screw Palps.

 

[Aeroeng]

It would be theoretically possible. But he already has at least 3 biomes on his planet (water, plains and the jungle hell). He could also build habitats and factories for the explosive things. Or shipyards. But it will take some time until an asteroid is hollowed out to that extent.

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Yeah, but the amazing thing about is we can control the biome, and change things about it, and we don't have the possibility of losing troopers to stupid things or the wild life, we could have a jungle asteroid that has controllable rain, wind and terrain, imagine one training drill being in a typhoon and another in mountainous terrain.

Hey, that's a neat quinky-dink, don't you think?

The wealthy planets that most likely have Planetary Shields are all in the core and are not likely to be self-sufficient, whilst the poorer planets that are least likely to have Planetary Shields are all in the mid-to-outer rim and are more likely to be self-sufficient!

That's just neat that the wealth disparity between Rims can be modeled by how likely it is for planets to have PSs!

And it makes me question Palpatine's dumbassery even more.

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Not exactly correct there's a bunch of planets in the Core that are self-sufficient, the big ones that aren't are ecumenopolis/hive worlds(Corusant), don't live on the planet for health/religious reasons, or are planets that are trade capitals and did a Middle East(Basically have more population than their native food supplies can accommodate).

 

[CoolJacketjack]

Also, another idea I had, when the miners finish clearing out a asteroid, there's basically a empty shell ready to be used, what if we use some for secret outposts

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Maybe a use for one of the asteroids could be creating a Quarantine world, for any dangerous artifacts, research or organisms that the Governor will come across.

Keep anything dangerous as far away from the settled part of the system.

 

[Aeroeng]

Maybe a use for one of the asteroids could be creating a Quarantine world, for any dangerous artifacts, research or organisms that the Governor will come across.

Keep anything dangerous as far away from the settled part of the system.

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Somewhat agree, but the reason for that one 0-0-0 is fucking stupid as hell, not only was Disney trying(and failing) to copy Hk-47 but the fact that it wasn't destroyed doesn't make sense. Hell, most things that can be quarantined can be destroyed, and those that can't/shouldn't can usually be safe kept by different groups with no problem(The Jedi and Sith relics).

 

[Orangeduke38]

Las should be focusing on developing more value-added products over basic extractive industry. Developing a broad economic plan with different incentives to bring different levels of refinement to the local industry. He should also reach out to the local Moffs admin and see what they are interested in buying.

 

[Freefaller]

Chp-15: Plans and Parental Slander!

It had been a few months since Zyx had stopped by, and things had been going fairly well. Infrastructure was blooming, the population was steadily increasing. Cities were being designed for walkability and public transport in mind. Most buildings were multiple stories, with the first two to three being ground level businesses, and the rest being a mix between office space and apartments.

The new neighborhoods in Accordia, for example, were built around community center complexes. These centers held the local police building, clinics, emergency services, and raid shelter. They also had large parks surrounding them. Around these centers stood many businesses. Branching out from these central areas, much like the Nexus and Sub-Nexus cities, were smaller parks. Usually containing a security center with a few officers and a park, these were the more residential areas. The larger centers were where the metro accessways were.

Other cities across Ugea were adopting this method as well, and combined with the intra/intercontinental railways that had finished, ship and speeder use was down massively, clearing up the skies and allowing people to more freely walk the roads. In fact, much of the speeder and cargo traffic that happened occurred underground. A series of roads had been built above the subway during construction that allowed resources to be delivered across the city, and for larger cargo speeders to move without the restraint of the city. Many buildings across the city had access to this area for restocking, such as warehouses.

Through the center of the city ran a large river called the Midnight Accord. The latter part of the name is obvious, but the former isn't. Unless you see the river at night. It is, undeniably, my favorite sight. Due to certain mineral formations, the many rocks that make up the riverbed reflect only a mixture of purples and whites, creating a scene like the midnight sky.

Situated within this river, dead center of the city, is the capitol island. It was about the size of Roosevelt Island, and it held the Mindan Militia Academy, the Capitol Building, the Imperial Garrison HQ, the Communications Center, along with a private government-only spaceport.

The capitol building had undergone renovations once again, because apparently according to just about all my staff, it has to be the tallest building in the city, bar none.

Complete bullshit, but I won't complain. The view is killer.

Unfortunately I could enjoy neither the view nor my newly redecorated office(but with star wars baubles instead of classical sculptures and the like) because of the messages I have to send.

Mugwuffin rubbed her head against my leg, somehow sensing my growing dread.

Sighing, I reached down to pet her.

"Don't worry, buddy. I got it handled. Just hate to have to call up the Sector Moff for this."

Because that was what I was doing. The message was half-written on my terminal, a request for an investigation into the increased pirate and marauder attacks on my system.

While the listening tech that was found on the relay was yet to be tracked, it was suspected that it was a listening post for a criminal syndicate. At first I had suspected the Crimson Dawn, but just like the last time, their involvement was likely minimal at best. The Mindan Raid had been a resource operation and with its failure Lady Qi'ra was unlikely to attempt a follow up in the same sector, much less the same system. The Dawn was still in the early stages of reforming itself and couldn't afford Imperial attention.

While other organizations could have done it, this is off. The pykes would've just started smuggling spice, the Hutts would've tried to negotiate since they have a working relationship with the Empire, and the Black Sun… ok, I have no idea what they would do. Don't know much about them.

I quickly called up Darna. "Darna, could you please have a dossier made about the Black Sun, please?"

"Yes sir"

"Thank you, Darna"

"No problem, sir"

As I release the intercom, I make note to check when Darna last got a raise. She puts up with my shit all the time and never seems fazed. Should also look into her birthday. Don't want to seem like a bad boss.

Anyways, the chances of this being a major cartel are low. So chances are it's some kind of pirate sovereign. You know the type. They show up, calling themselves some sort of pirate king or whatever, rally a bunch of ne'er do wells together to do some raiding, get their ass killed then the whole thing devolves immediately afterwards.

It would explain a great deal. A smarter pirate sovereign who decided to slowly encroach on a system. Instead of a massive invasion that would most certainly get the sector fleet called, by tapping comms they could coordinate smaller, quicker attacks. Less likely to get killed or caught.

Smart. Too smart for my liking.

Which was why I was sending a message to the sector capital asking for an investigation to be launched. Sweeps of the system had revealed no bases, so the culprit likely originated from outside the system.

As the message was sent, I sighed and sat back, Mugwuffin jumping into my lap and curling up against me like an oversized cat.

"Huh… yeah buddy. They'll probably deny my request. Wouldn't be surprised if this pirate king or whatever was funded by another governor. Can't catch a break."

She purred as I scratched her chin.

Why couldn't life always be this chill?
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Shal Mola
Abrion Sector, Imperial Navy Exclusion Zone, Scarif System Orbit, Imperial II-Class Star Destroyer Heavy Judgement

As Captain Shal Mola sat in her office, she bounced a small black rubber ball imprinted with the Imperial Crest on its side against the wall.

She had been told by a comms officer that an MI agent had wished to speak with her about something over a private holo-call. After a quick check of codes, there was only one possible person who could've called.

"Heyyyyy! How're you doing big sis!"

"Hello Zyx." She said, "Why are you calling? You know I'm in an exclusion zone. To make this call must've taken quite the effort on your part."

Zyx pouted like she wasn't twenty-seven years of age. It was a habit she had picked up since she was young, and it never truly wore off. Or it was just her acting. With Zyx, you could never truly tell what was real and what wasn't.

"Everyones saying that lately! 'What do you want Zyx? Why are you here? What's the mission?' Can't I just be a girl wanting to call her siblings!"

"No"

The pout intensified, making Shal sigh. Zyx had been an enigma for a long time now. The little sister she once knew was now hidden under layers of deception and trickery.

"Just…what is it, Zyx?"

Zyx composed herself. "Fine. I paid a little visit to our dear brother."

An eyebrow was raised. "Las? He was put out in the Bright Jewel Oversector correct? Myto sector I believe."

Her sister nodded. "Yup. The Minda system is where he governs. Thing is, he's doing quite the good job. Much better than anyone expected."

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.

Still, he was her little brother, and their lack of connection was one of her few regrets in life, along with not standing up to her mother more often, and not learning how to cook.

Zyx continued, either not noticing or, more likely, not caring about Shal's silence.

"The system's population is nearing 400,000 people, double the initial. His capital city is clean, efficient and prosperous. There are multiple mining outposts, a large asteroid refinery, and ship refit/repair/scrap yard, and a well sized defense fleet. On top of all that, he's got an R&D department!"

Shal processed the information. An improving system, asteroid mining, shipyards, and more. If Zyx was to be believed, then her little brother was actually succeeding. In fact, he was surpassing mothers expectations by quite a large margin.

"It hasn't even been a year, yet he's already done this much. Why is he moving so fast?"

Zyx looked her dead in the eyes, and Shal understood.

Mother.

Commandant Mola was a harsh taskmaster, who expected greater and greater things from her children. For Shal, it took her becoming not just an ISD captain, but one assigned to a top secret exclusion zone like Scarif. For Zyx, joining MI was the only way for her to escape, by becoming part of an organization that their Mother could never touch. Alvi was just barely out of her grasp, having been pushed to be not just top ten of her class, and one of the best of the pilot program, but to become an ace. Only once she was flying a TIE interceptor and not the basic version was she satisfied.

But with Las, it was different. Las had been raised primarily by their father in his earlier years, in a different estate on Eriadu. He only met his mother and sisters sparingly, and so once he was part of the academy and fully under mothers gaze, he was not used to the pressure.

She remembered hearing the reports of disorderly conduct, insubordination, and more. It was a mess. While her and her sisters had grown used to the pressure, he had not.

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. Though she never said these things out loud, nor did she ever voice her expectations, there was a cadence to her tone. The subtle way her eyes raked over you, as if analyzing every atom.

Only when she was proud did her gaze feel less intense. It was what drew them all to push themselves.

Of course, now that Shal was away from her, she had cooled. Her heart still burned with ambition, but it was now driven less by her mother and more by her own wishes.

Thing is, Las didn't know that he had most likely exceeded their mothers expectations. She had likely not expected anything, and if he truly has made Minda into a successful system, then she will lack the political capital to get him tossed away. So long as Minda becomes valuable to the sector, then Moff Tarry won't toss him aside, no matter the favors promised. Mother, for all her grandeur, is still only a Commandant.

"So" she said, "He's pushing because he fears mother, and has yet to realize that at this point she can't do anything?"

"Something along those lines. He's also got some scary subordinates! His garrison commander caught me sneaking into the R&D labs and broke my arm! Super fast."

"Caught you?" Shal laughed. "Aren't you supposed to be the superspy of the family? How can you go around getting caught by a mere commander?"

"You don't understand! She was terrifying! Not only that, but Las has gotten trickier too! He snuck orders ahead to have me scanned before leaving, but instead of actually scanning me they just pretended and instead their machines wiped my hidden recorders!"

Shal just kept laughing, and Zyx kept pouting. 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.

Her and Zyx continued their conversation, swapping stories(that weren't classified) and speaking about Las's system. It was quite sophisticated, and Shal wished she could visit it one day.

Once Zyx left, Shal stood to go back to the bridge, only to wince as she lost control and the rubber ball smacked her in the back of the head.

Before she could complain, her comm bead blinked and she knew she was needed.

Duty never ended out here.
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Hi there folks. Sorry for the late chapter. I was stuck on where and how to move the story forward. The only other story that I am writing is an original project that has a more episodic feel to its adventures rather than the more stationary arcs that are found here. Also, I haven't been able to play any games since my pc got turned to ash in the Eaton fire, and my macbook can't run Vampire Survivors without overheating.

Why is this relevant? Well, aside from missing my games(monster hunter, my beloved!), a friend of the family gifted us an Xbox 1 and a Nintendo switch that their kids don't use. While my brother has done nothing but play Dead by Daylight like the sweatswamp try-hard that he is, I had the time of my life yesterday with Tears of the Kingdom. It was only when I saw the clock that I realized that I hadn't written shit all day. So again, apologies.

Aside from that, this is more of an intermediate chapter, so not much going on. Felt like I should've introduced Shal in the last chapter but forgot to. Also, while mummy dearest will get her POV section, that's for the future. I'm trying to set up some real family drama, and I think I'll get more out of it if I hold onto the Commandants perspective for now.

And like always, feedback, comments, and more are appreciated. I have had a blast reading through your guys' comments, and love your suggestions. Also, I have been fiending over ArtStation. The shit they got over there is incredible, and you'll notice that I use just about all of my new ships and shit from there. Any recommendations from there or other sites for fan-designed ships, weapons, armor, cities, and more are welcome.

Thanks for reading!

-Freefaller

 

[theoretisch cool]

Yeah, but the amazing thing about is we can control the biome, and change things about it, and we don't have the possibility of losing troopers to stupid things or the wild life, we could have a jungle asteroid that has controllable rain, wind and terrain, imagine one training drill being in a typhoon and another in mountainous

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Yes. But by the time his troops need such facilities, he'll probably have already been promoted to MOFF. And the two years will already be over. And as an MOFF, he has completely different resources at his disposal to work with. At the moment, something like that is probably further down on his list.

 

[Neverlucky SMILE]

if they so fear their mother why not just kill her?

 

[Phylonemios]

Heh, it's not paranoia if they are out to get you ! Especially with Star Wars and the background narrative force that is the Force kek.

Thank you for writing !

 

[Achong]

That's the third sibling that carries around a rubber ball. Did they all develop the same habit of bouncing it to kill off time? Is it a way to reduce stress due to their upbringing?

 

[Achong]

if they so fear their mother why not just kill her?

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I might be a bit muddy with the details but I think it's because she's kissing Tarkin's ass, or at the very least, Tarkin finds her useful. And you do not fuck with Tarkin. Wrinkly bastard is Palps favorite sociopath.

 

[Jeff]

The Rubber ball is every where

 

[Xintax]

That's the third sibling that carries around a rubber ball. Did they all develop the same habit of bouncing it to kill off time? Is it a way to reduce stress due to their upbringing?

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It's probably some weird subliminal indoctrination thing that their mother put them through given that this is Star Wars and all the sketchy R&D things the late Republic and early Empire had going on.

That or its just a common habit....though it would be hilarious if this was one of the Sith/Jedi screwing around back in the day trying to see the limits of mind tricks and if something innocuous could be passed down family lines so a fixation with rubber balls was passed down as a prank/joke/test by force fiat on a favored subordinate would be pretty realistic/interesting in setting.

 

[theoretisch cool]

mmmh the city reminds me a bit of cyberpunk. oh shal sounds like a sensible sister. she is now my preferred sister (after that comes zyx). but that probably means that he doesn't have bad feelings towards her if they have seen each other so rarely. (I think he only has bad feelings towards zyx. Because she herself says that she would hunt him.) Which of course doesn't mean that there won't be any drama. I'm looking forward to him realizing that his mother can't take care of him anymore (should be good for his actions and character in any case).

 

[CreepyUncleLuke]

if they so fear their mother why not just kill her?

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Jesus Christ, why is this getting brought up so much? Most people don't default to kinslaying even if they are abusive dickheads, nevermind that the sisters don't seem to have been hurt nearly as badly by her.

It's insane that people are going straight to murder instead of literally any other solution.

 

[Kolekzionera]

if they so fear their mother why not just kill her?

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I imagine it's because killing your own mother in reality isn't killing someone in Minecraft.

Even if we put aside all the moral hangups, she is still a prominent military officer connected to a prominent Moff. Her death would be investigated and the MC isn't Moriarty.

 

[Aeroeng]

Yes. But by the time his troops need such facilities, he'll probably have already been promoted to MOFF. And the two years will already be over. And as an MOFF, he has completely different resources at his disposal to work with. At the moment, something like that is probably further down on his list.

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Yes, but a Moff needs a home system and he's already put a ton of work in on Minda, so its the obvious choice.

if they so fear their mother why not just kill her?

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She serves under Tarkin directly, they can't just kill her, the only one who could do so reasonably would be a Grand Admiral like Thrawn.

 

[Vlaadd17]

They all gona visit his sistem one day, aren't they? And i have a feeling not as a mere visitors , but as desperate survivors of the collapsing empire? Seeking a safe heaven for them and their... Underlings?

 

[OSRfanatic1]

With the Way that Moff does things. He would follow mc's mother's orders as to not rock the boat.

So we have Grand Admiral Thrawn slowly coming into the picture as a way to stop Mother dear from killing off mc regardless of how good he has been doing things.

Because I can picture Commandant Jir Mola coming in. Disregarding everything mc did, about to send him to the frontlines to be killed off. Only for Thrawn, from left stage, to UNO Reverse that Order and say "He is Under My control now and there is Nothing you can Do about it" while being his Smug self.