Grand Admiral

Volume 1 Chapter 14 - Jesuit tricks

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Recently I caught myself thinking that I absolutely love being alone. You sit like this, no one is yelling in your ear, no one is «straining» you with the eternal «Victor! The homeland is in danger!»

You can slowly sort out what has already happened or what is to come, reading intelligence reports, for example.

And no one will see how much my emotions differ from the reaction of the «true Thrawn». Although, the history known to me, without a doubt, is silent about exactly how the legendary grand admiral in a galaxy far, far away behaved when he remained —out of frame.

But now I wanted to get really drunk. So strong that even a wolf howls.

It's good that no one but me can read the reports from Delta Source . Otherwise, questions would definitely arise —why am I not actually doing anything?

Because in the banal heap of routine, I missed the message that a battle group was sent from Coruscant to Bothan Space. Six Mark II-class assault frigates and an Imperial-class Star Destroyer. "two" by the way. Once called «Avarice».

The same ship that played a significant role in the capture of Thyferra by the New Republic. And he was still under the command of the former Imperial captain Sair Yonka, who, along with his entire crew, had transferred to the service of the rebels. Considering that there weren't many routes leading from Coruscant to Bothawui, the capital planet of the Bothan sector, intercepting them would not have been difficult. And it would be easy to deal with six assault frigates and capture one Star Destroyer with the forces of an entire fleet.

However, I made a mistake —I sent a considerable part of my fleet across Imperial Space. Although... even if I had attacked this battle group with the forces of damaged ships, there was a chance to recapture the «Avarice». Here you don't even need to be Thrawn —the banal advantage in the number of guns. Yes, plus a interdictor cruiser...

In a word an extremely annoying missed moment. A Star Destroyer could have become part of the fleet quite easily and simply... Yes, my ships would have suffered significant damage and would have taken even longer to recover on Tangrene, but we would have had another fucking Star Destroyer!

Oh, sith hit me over the head with something heavy, I just had to fabulously fuc...

The comlink that came to life on the cabin table tore me away from self-flagellation.

Exhaling and taking a deep breath, I tried to get rid of the negativity. Well, you can't undo what's been done. Even if I try to intercept the entire fleet right now, there is simply no chance of interception. At best, we'll burn fuel and waste precious time.

And this will be a lesson to me for the future —I need to read intelligence data in time, and not hope that after the commotion I caused in the Dafilvean sector, the future will continue to develop according to the well-worn plot!

—I'm listening,— I said into the communication device as calmly as possible.

—Our new master,— Rukh's voice came from the speaker. —Mister Ferrier to see you.

But exactly. I ordered not to let the hijacker go without talking to me.

—Come in,— I ordered, turning off the galaxy hologram and activating the projections of art objects instead. Not that I understood anything about them, but from time to time I remembered that it would be nice to live up to the image of the «true Thrawn».

The twilight reigning in the apartment was dissipated for a few moments by a strip of artificial light breaking through the front door.

The thief, nervously slobbering on his disgusting-smelling cigar, stood hesitantly a few meters in front of me, looking around with curiosity at the collection.