The Summoner

Lessons of War and New Students

(I realize I updated this prematurely without the corrections I needed to make I apologize. The only thing I forgot. To add Mikus name)

It feels like it's been an eternity. Of course that's what everyone says. It does not matter how much you love or loathe things time will move at its own pace. And the lectures I've gotten in preparing for war have been nothing short of amazing, though extremely difficult to retain. My instructor was beyond knowledgeable, but equally as difficult as well. Oh wait you haven't met my instructor yet have you? I'm so sorry I had to break the 4th wall to talk to you beautiful readers, to which I'm sure the authors are preparing appropriate retribution. Any who you probably want to know who my instructor is
I'm just wondering if you all were able to guess who it is.

That's right my instructor in the Art of War is none other than Grand Admiral Thrawn. Unlike other Imperials of the Star Wars universe who lead through fear or incompetence, Thrawn utilizes loyalty so his troops and sub officers follow him willingly and to the letter. He described his strategies similar to the only puzzles worth solving, the destruction of his enemies. You have to identify all the pieces you need, the order and priority to acquire each piece, and put them in place accordingly. The first and most important piece above all was information. That was the deadliest tool to have against your enemies. Knowing your enemies, their appearance, lifestyle, culture personality, it all was key to defeating superior enemies. He also mentioned different types of strategies and maneuvers that are. It limited to battles. One example was the "Stateless Strategy" essentially striking the enemy where they are not to over stretch them to defend everything, or concentrate on their most important areas leaving everything else free to take. Sometimes it was not necessary to just outright destroy them, to could strip their defenses and force them to commit even more resources to defend themselves leaving other areas vulnerable. Using feints in places your enemy couldn't afford to gamble on and commit more resources would leave your desired target weakened and up for grabs. Also put your enemies into a position to force them to fight completely on your terms, even better if they don't know it yet. Also he made note of his own personal weaknesses to learn from, betrayal is possible from all around, especially when your the one who would cause the betrayal without your knowing, and don't bet on other groups or factions not interfering with your plans. Learning these new strategies was very difficult, especially while trying to maintain my school work as well, but in the following weeks I felt confident that I could take on the devils, the fallen, and anyone else that followed. Satisfied with my results the Grand Admiral departed, stating it was time for the battle that would destroy the Rebellion at Bilbringi. Though before he left he handed me something saying:

Thrawn: I was told to give you this as well.