"I'm sorry for your loss. I'm sure your soldiers were brave and fought with honour until the very end. The life of every being is precious, this we very much know. Heck, it's one of the first lessons they teach us at the academy! People normally won't kill or let others die for no reason, I'm sure of that. Whether we're in a command center or in the trenches, we're all looking to defend our country, no matter our background, no?"

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In another table next to the Legate, the remaining Grand Admirals sat and displayed a hologram of the new Star Annihilator. Its design was not optimal, but, as the years pass, this new type of weapon could be refined and improved.

The Star Annihilator's axial cannon had the capibility of destroying a world, bombarding it with energy and cracking it to a trillion pieces. In order to avoid the Legate Sinclair from understanding the true nature of this new weapon, they spoke in Velpan. Moreover, all the text in the hologram was also in Velpan.

"Fellow officers", said Rae Sloane, "here we have the guaranteur of the Empire's survival. Should a foreign power have a world-destroying device, we are now ready to respond"

"An impressive weapon", said Grand Admiral Wilhuff Tarkin, "Project Stardust shall prove a mighty weapon in our arsenal"

"Director Krennic's report was enlightening: Entity X-4 destroyed a Star Destroyer with only one percent of its power. The weapon should be fully operational and ready to deploy in a few weeks. The problem is where we shall send it to. A weapon of this magnitude must be kept somewhere safe"

"I suggest sending it to Atolon, a frontier system in the region of Chile where we have a naval base", said Sloane, "The Draconians are an enigmatic nation to us, but from what we know of them, they have been around for longer than we have. We must guard ourselves against a nation of the stature as the Draconians by posessing the ability of a quick strike"

"I deem it unwise, Mrs. Sloane", said Grand Admiral Nin Wei, "Should the Draconians figure out the location of our weapon, they shall attack in full force in case of a war. It is more optimal to deploy the Star Annihilator in the interior of the Empire, most preferably in a sparsely-populated system. Moreover, I disagree with your assessment: the Elans, a civilization of which we have only have a few records, are said to be dystopian and bellicose in nature. It is them whom we should protect our Empire against, for they are a likely candidate to be an aggressor"

"We cannot be on the defense from the outset, we must be able to strike as soon as possible against the enemy and strike brutally if necessary. The Star Annihilator must be combat-ready!"

The discussion continued over the Star Annihilator. Its military importance was strategically crucial, and thus the best option must be found.