The Freak Fleet 'verse: A series of stories exploring the dynamics among Grand Admiral Thrawn, Pellaeon, Covell, Parck, Niriz, Dorja, and other members of the Seventh Fleet. Legends cast in Rebels, a couple of OCs. Mix of Canon and Legends (Essentially AU). Serious, as well as not-so-serious fics. Semi-crack.

The Freak Fleet - Breaking the Ice - Of Chiss and Men - Witch Hunt - Second Chances - Chance Encounters - The Evil So Terrible It Tried To Black Out The Stars - An Unstoppable Force Meets an Immovable Object - All Roads Lead to Coruscant - Freak Fleet Files - A Kingdom of Isolation


Title: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?


Grand Admiral Thrawn took his eyes off from the list of losses sustained during Admiral Konstantine's unsuccessful attempt to capture senator Mon Mothma.

Two of Konstantine's Imperial I-class Star Destroyers damaged so heavily that they needed to be towed to the nearest shipyard were about to be stripped down to the hull construction. They would need to undergo a complete refit.

A TIE Fighter squadron lost; too many good men and women obliterated by the gas explosion from the nebula.

But most importantly, his precious TIE Defender prototype ... destroyed.

Imperial Fleet Command did not agree with Thrawn's assessment that the TIE Fighters should be equipped with shields and hyperdrive. They dismissed his TIE Defender blueprints, telling him such a fighter would be too expensive for mass production. Thus Thrawn decided to sell a few of his precious artworks, using his personal funds to finance the construction of the prototype.

And it was gone.

His money wasted.

His precious artworks sold to a private collector.

Thrawn walked over to a cabinet and took out a bottle of Forvish ale from the drawer. Tonight he needed a drink.

He poured himself a full glass and let out a soft sigh in desperation.

Every time he had assumed that Admiral Konstantine's actions could not get any worse. Every time he had been proven wrong.

Thrawn had told him where the Rebel would be hiding. Thrawn had told him what he should do and where he should be waiting in order to intercept them. Of course, Governor Price also played a significant role in this disaster but she was a Moff. One could not expect military expertise from a politician. But the man had a one job…

Just what kind of political connections Konstantine had? When Thrawn had been approached by the Grand Vizier who told him that Thrawn would do well to give Admiral Konstantine a significant role in his campaign against the Rebels, Thrawn recognized it as a request from the highest places. A request that could bring him political connections he lacked and so desperately needed.

Thrawn chose Konstantine for this mission because he could hardly think of an easier task; Konstantine would become a hero for capturing an enemy of the state and Thrawn would have the door open to this mysterious inner circle. What could possibly go wrong?

This was becoming ridiculous. Never before he wished to be able to control that invisible force that Lord Vader so often used to discipline his men.

No. He would have to put up with Konstantine only for a little longer.

And then he would show him the difference between a mistake and an error.

THE END