Field Learning

[admiralchiss]

Being a Grand Admiral known for having a brilliant tactical mind, it was just a matter of time before Prefsbelt Academy asked him to be a guest speaker. It was Moff Tarkin's old Academy, it seemed. So of course it had high standards when it came to guest lecturers, to say nothing of Thrawn actually knowing the Moff.

It was entirely possible he was the first alien to speak at this academy. Certainly he the first Chiss speaker. Thrawn entered the hall, pose as professional as ever, with good posture and his hands behind his back. He spoke to the students with that cool voice of his, with just enough inflection in his voice as to not be entirely monotone.

He spoke of tactics, strategy, and getting a read on one's enemy and using that against them.

"To defeat an enemy, you must know them. Not simply their battle tactics, but their history, philosophy, art." As he spoke, he brought up holos of artwork of various species, speaking of the cultures the art came from and what it said about them.

All the while he spoke, his eyes gazed out into the crowd of students. Some of them looked quite bored, or that they didn't entirely understand the Grand Admiral's lecture.

At least one of them, though, stood at rapt attention, hanging on to his every word.

When the lecture ended, and the holos vanished, Thrawn addressed the crowd of students, "Questions?"