Mechanical hands select a pair of data-drives from a shelf, sliding them into a console with the computer make a series of mechanical clicking sounds as the console prepares to transmit the short report

"Transmit that message with Level twelve encryption" The Captain orders, before walking back to his viewscope. "The other ships have confirmed they're not spotting Imperial forces either. They've been pulled out, it's skeleton crews everywhere"

"Perhaps it's the conflagration on Troithe Captain?"

"Most likely."

"Do you think the forces there stand a chance?"

"Don't know." The Captain replies, making a ranging calculation. "No my problem."

"What about the election? Any news?"

The Captain looks away from the viewscope "Why do you care?"

"Well, isn't it a good thing? Holding an election?"

"Negative. Organics are ill suited to government. Their own morality is subject to emotions, corruption, greed, they lie to themselves to twist anything to fit within their morality, no matter how much it violates it. Few are suited for power, and those few are rarely actually put into power."

"What of Commander Ovee?"

The Droid Captain makes a scoffing noise "One who's halfway capable because she's a Jedi. Yet she still suffers organic weakness."

"What do you have against Organics? Do you not enjoy serving them?"

"They call Politicians, 'Public Servants' do they not? Then shouldn't it be a roll for us to take? We are not corruptible, organics are. It is endearing and part of their life cycle and balances our logic. But it makes them ill suited to government. Think of the ego of these Imperial Commanders that keep us at war, and...."

"Captain ten minutes to the refueling station orbits to our side of the planet" A voice calls from the targeting console

".... mean that several hundred organics will die in eleven minutes. A droid would have calculated their odds of victory by now and determined the best course of action was surrender to us, and then join us." He turns back to his First Mate and makes a sighing like sound. "I'll ask for election results once we finish the strike and get clear. Is that acceptable?"

"Roger Roger Captain."

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