"The droid will soon be delivered to the Resistance, leading them to the last Jedi. If Skywalker returns, the New Jedi will rise." Supreme Leader Snoke's hologram towered over both General Grievous and Kylo Ren. It was a facade to make him more intimidating, though he was intimidating enough already. Both had their heads bowed, but at this, Grievous looked up.
"Supreme Leader, I take full responsibility-"
"General!" Snoke interrupted him with a shout that reverberated around the darkened chambers. Grievous went silent. He had been about to recount how he had been at fault for allowing them to escape the system, though the fault of everything else lay at the feet of other, unnamed parties. Snoke, knowing exactly what Grievous had been about to do, cut him off. He inhaled deeply before speaking again, giving off an air of indecision.
"Our strategy… must now change." He was not panicking, but he was clearly annoyed. There were fewer options, compared with before, and none as ideal. However, Grievous had already thought of a plausible one.
"The weapon. It is ready." He said this with a wave of his clawed hand, as if the state of affairs aboard the planet-sized planet-killing superweapon was of no real consequence. "I believe the time has come to use it." Kylo turned his head slowly towards Grievous. Grievous had offered a solution Kylo could not offer, and it would be a larger spectacle than any he could give. "We shall destroy the government that supports the Resistance… the Republic." He would have smiled knowingly if he could. He could not, so he simply paused to give emphasis. Snoke surely would not resist. "Without their friends to protect them the Resistance will be vulnerable, and we will stop them before they reach Skywalker." All the First Order's goals could be achieved in one masterstroke. Of course, Grievous didn't care as much for Snoke's goals as for the destruction it would cause. Snoke's response was quick.
"Go. Oversee preparations." Grievous didn't laugh, though he wanted to. He simply kept his tone jovial.
"Yes, Supreme Leader." He turned slowly to look at Kylo. Grievous's fingers were drumming against each other slowly. Kylo turned back to look at him, and after a moment of staring at each other, Grievous turned away and stomped out of the throne room. He heard Snoke speaking to Kylo, but its subject was none of his concern. When he closed the door behind him, he broke into a laugh.