Hux narrowed his eyes at the hologram. He hadnāt mentioned the Resistance. He had head about Thrawnās intellectual prowess, but this bordered on suspicious. He wanted so badly to trust his hero, but his loyalty to the First Order kept him wary.Ā
āYes, I am a General of the First Order.ā He said stiffly.Ā āAlthough I donāt know if I would call us the Next Generation of the Empire.ā Many did, but it was discouraged, for the sake of optics.Ā
āI will brief you on retrieval,ā he added, wanting to end the call, to think this over.Ā āStay in one place, it will make it easier to find you.ā And with that, he ended the transmission, frowning, and headed off towards the hangar. The rescue party would be small, perhaps composed only of a pair of stormtroopers. He was perfectly capable of flying the shuttle, and he didnāt need a large crew to know about this.
"I will wait right here. Look for an imperial star destroyer. Chimaera is where I am now." His poor ship that had once been so full of life. Now he was the only one alive in the wreckage. "Thrawn out."
Thrawn started gathering his belongings into a crate. Mostly memories and art. And his grand admiral uniform still white as ever. He waited for the rescue party and hours later they did come. Freedom was so close Thrawn could almost taste it. He dragged his crate out of the fallen Chimaera and watched the shuttle land.
"General. Thank you for coming." Thrawn said smoothly and smiled. People! Other people. It was so much food for his mind already. Also the General's hair was a pretty colour and belonged in art. "I am very thankful and I owe you."