"Good idea. Keep your senses open, in case someone tries to follow us." When one with the Force told you that danger might lie ahead, you listened to them. Eli just hoped those pirates had only been contracted by the Grysks, and not brought under their thrall.

Eli led Altair back to the docking port and their ship, and from there the cockpit, where the subspace transponder was. Punching in the frequency for the Chimaera, they thankfully didn't have long to wait before a communications officer picked up.

"Is the Grand Admiral available?" The officer said that he was and patched the message through to him.

Thrawn's face came up on the holo-projector. To anyone else, the Grand Admiral looked as cold and stoic as ever, but Eli could tell that he was glad to hear from the two of them. Thrawn's position indicated that he was sitting, meaning he was likely in his office and they could speak freely.

"Eli, Altair, what news do you bring?"