Quote:Gilad Pellaeon
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[edit] Republic 64: Bloodlines
- "You don't give me orders, Tap-Nar-Pal! This battle fleet is under my command! Anything I do to help you will only get my ships destroyed, as well! We're pulling out!"
- ―Gilad Pellaeon to Tap-Nar-Pal[src]
[edit] Republic Commando: True Colors
- "We've got mongrel officers now, for fierfek's sake, and that one only got through the Academy because his dad's some ranking captain. If he could read a chart, he'd be dangerous. You should hear Pellaeon having a go at him. Pellaeon's alright, though. They're not all useless."
- ―Tel to Omega Squad, speaking of Leveler's comm officer[src]
- "Let me see…by your logic, it's acceptable to use these clones and spend their lives, because they were only created for war, and wouldn't have existed otherwise. The problem I have with that, Lieutenant, is that they do exist, so they know how sweet life is—even from their limited experience—and therefore their lives are worth as much to them as ours are to us. So I'm sure you won't object to accompanying the men on the next ground assault—and I mean on the ground. Will you?"
- ―Gilad Pellaeon to a lieutenant[src]
[edit] A Grand Admiral Returns
- "I am Grand Admiral Thrawn. I have been away, but now I have returned. I know some of what has occurred. You will fill in the details of the rest when I come aboard. Rejoice, Captain, for the Empire will rise again. You will find astrogation coordinates that have been encoded with this transmission. I will await your arrival."
- ―Thrawn's introductory message to Gilad Pellaeon[src]
[edit] Tatooine Ghost
- "By all accounts, Gilad Pellaeon is both loyal and competent."
- ―Leia Organa Solo to Han Solo[src]
[edit] Heir to the Empire
- Pellaeon: "Information on Imperial activities is very expensive. I'd have thought a man in your line of work would know that."
- Karrde: "Indeed. But occasionally one finds bargains. It's the ysalamiri you're after, isn't it?"
- Pellaeon: "There are no bargains to be had here, Karrde. And expensive can also mean costly."
- —Gilad Pellaeon and Talon Karrde[src]
- Thrawn: "The Rebels did indeed fight better, but not because of any special abilities or training. They fought better than the Fleet because the Emperor was dead. You were there, Captain—you must have noticed it. The sudden loss of coordination between crew members and ships; the loss of efficiency and discipline. The loss, in short, of that elusive quality we call fighting spirit."
Pellaeon: "There was some confusion, yes. But nothing that can't be explained by the normal stresses of battle."
Thrawn: "Really? The loss of the Executor—the sudden, last-minute TIE fighter incompetence that brought about the destruction of the Death Star itself—the loss of six other Star Destroyers in engagements that none of them should have had trouble with? All of that nothing but normal battle stress?"
Pellaeon: "The Emperor was not directing the battle. Not in any way. I was there, Admiral—I know."
Thrawn: "Yes, Captain, you were there. And it's time you gave up your blindfold and faced the truth, no matter how bitter you find it. You had no real fighting spirit of your own anymore—none of you in the Imperial Fleet did. It was the Emperor's will that drove you; the Emperor's mind that provided you with strength and resolve and efficiency. You were as dependent on that presence as if you were all borg-implanted into a combat computer."
Pellaeon: "That's not true. It can't be. We fought on after his death."
Thrawn: "Yes. You fought on. Like cadets."
—Thrawn and Gilad Pellaeon[src]
- "My gunners could destroy this city without even singeing the grass on Mount Tantiss."
- ―Gilad Pellaeon to Joruus C'baoth[src]
- "It will bring us victory, Captain. Quiet your fears, and concentrate on that."
- ―Thrawn to Gilad Pellaeon, about the use of Joruus C'baoth[src]
- Pellaeon: "I apologize, Admiral, if I spoke out of turn.""
- Thrawn: ""You served too long under Lord Vader, Captain. I have no qualms about accepting a useful idea merely because it wasn't my own. My position and ego are not at stake here."
- ―Gilad Pellaeon and Thrawn[src]
- Thrawn: "Captain? Is my flagship ready?""
- Pellaeon: ""The Chimaera is fully at your command, Admiral."
- ―Thrawn and Gilad Pellaeon using the traditional naval question and response[src]
[edit] Dark Force Rising
- Thrawn: "You're still upset about Taanab."
Pellaeon: "Yes, sir, I am. I've been over the records again, and there's only one possible conclusion. C'baoth deliberately went beyond the battle plan Captain Aban had laid out—went beyond it to the point of disobeying a direct order. I don't care who C'baoth is or whether he felt justified or not. What he did constitutes mutiny."
Thrawn: "It did indeed. Shall I throw him out of the Imperial service altogether, or simply demote him in rank?"
Pellaeon: "I'm serious, Admiral."
Thrawn: "So am I, Captain. You know full well what's at stake here. We need to utilize every weapon at our disposal if we're to defeat the Rebellion. C'baoth's ability to enhance coordination and battle efficiency between our forces is one of those weapons; and if he can't handle proper military discipline and protocol, then we bend the rules for him."
Pellaeon: "And what happens when we've bent the rules so far that they come around and stab us in the back? He ignored a direct order at Taanab—maybe next time it'll be two orders. Then three, then four, until finally he's doing what he damn well pleases and to blazes with the Empire. What's to stop him?"
—Thrawn and Gilad Pellaeon[src]
- "I have the feeling, Admiral, that our final offensive against the Rebellion may be ready to launch a bit ahead of schedule."
- ―Gilad Pellaeon to Thrawn, upon hearing of the discovery of the Katana Fleet[src]
[edit] The Last Command
- "You don't have any concept of privacy, do you?"
"I am the Empire, Captain Pellaeon. Your thoughts are a part of your service to me." - ―Gilad Pellaeon and Joruus C'baoth[src]
- "Your devotion to duty is commendable, Captain."
- ―Thrawn to Gilad Pellaeon[src]
- "History is on the move, Captain. Those who cannot keep up will be left behind, to watch from a distance. And those who stand in our way will not watch at all."
- ―Thrawn to Gilad Pellaeon[src]
- Thrawn: "It still disturbs you, doesn't it, to receive information from a source you don't understand?"
- Pellaeon: "A little, sir, yes."
- Thrawn: "Consider it a cultivation of your trust. Someday I'll turn Delta Source over to you. But not yet."
- —Thrawn and Gilad Pellaeon[src]
[edit] Darksaber (novel)
- Pellaeon: "Warlord Harrsk is not my enemy. He is not the enemy of the Empire. I think we should confer with this Admiral Daala and hear what she has to say."
- Teradoc: "I don't care what you think. If you do not fire upon Harrsk, you're a traitor. Have you forgotten your training? Your entire life speaks of service to the Empire, of following the orders of your superior officers. You are excrement if you will not obey your rightful commander. What would Grand Admiral Thrawn think of you?"
- Pellaeon: "I believe I know what he would think of me, and you, sir, are no Grand Admiral Thrawn."
- —Gilad Pellaeon and Teradoc[src]
- "I was overjoyed when he returned and I finally found a commander I could follow with a genuine hope of victory, rather than an endless string of defeats."
- ―Gilad Pellaeon to Natasi Daala, speaking of Thrawn[src]
- "It's done, then."
"This is what had to be." - ―Gilad Pellaeon and Natasi Daala after the deaths of the thirteen most powerful warlords at Tsoss Beacon[src]
- Pellaeon: "Without sufficient attention to detail, all your work will fall apart. You must understand that, if you intend to run the Empire."
- Daala: "But I have no designs on running the Empire. That's not what I'm after. Surely you understand that by now? Once the battle is won, I intend to relinquish command with great pleasure—to you or whomever else is most suited to the damn job."
- Pellaeon: "Me, Admiral? I am no emperor!"
- Daala: "Neither am I, Vice Admiral—but let's not worry about that until the war is over."
- ―Gilad Pellaeon and Natasi Daala[src]
- Daala: "Vice Admiral Pellaeon. In light of this disaster, I—I hereby resign my rank…and hand over command of all Imperial forces to you. I will be happy to follow your orders and assist with rebuilding the Empire in any way possible, but I feel that I am no longer capable of commanding so many worthy soldiers. They cannot be asked to lay their lives on the line, to swear allegiance to someone who has been beaten so many times."
- Pellaeon: "But Admiral, I can't accept this. We need you to rebuild—"
- Daala: "Nonsense, Vice Admiral. You must be strong. Follow your own convictions. We need an opportunity to recover from such a debacle. We need your strength. You are in command of the Empire now, Pellaeon."
- —Natasi Daala and Gilad Pellaeon[src]
[edit] Specter of the Past
- "Hardly counts as damage. Of course, the situation here isn't exactly fair. Ships that small and maneuverable would never have the kind of shields or firepower we're crediting them with."
"If you want fairness, organize a shockball tournament. Don't look for it in warfare." - ―Ardiff and Gilad Pellaeon during a simulation[src]
- Ardiff: "Well, then, we just have to go back to mark zero. Come up with something else. There have to be practical uses for this cloaking shield device."
Pellaeon: "Of course there are. Grand Admiral Thrawn devised three of them himself. But there's no one left in the Empire with his military genius. No, Captain. It's over. It's all over. And we've lost."
Ardiff: "You can't mean that, Admiral. And if I may say so, sir, this is not the sort of thing the Supreme Commander of Imperial forces should be talking about."
Pellaeon: "Why not? It's obvious to everyone else."
Ardiff: "It most certainly is not, sir. We still hold eight sectors—over a thousand inhabited systems. We have the Fleet, nearly two hundred Star Destroyers strong. We're still very much a force to be reckoned with."
Pellaeon: "Are we? Are we really?"
Ardiff: "Of course we are. How else could we be holding our own against the New Republic?"
Pellaeon: "We're holding our own for the simple reason that the New Republic is too busy right now with internal squabbling to bother with us."
Ardiff: "Which works directly to our advantage. It's giving us the time we need to reorganize and rearm."
Pellaeon: "Rearm?" Have you taken even a cursory look at what we're working with here? Look at them, Captain. SoroSuub Preybirds. We're reduced to SoroSuub Preybirds."
Ardiff: "There's nothing wrong with the Preybirds, sir. They're a quite capable midsize starfighter."
Pellaeon: "The point is that they're not being manufactured by the Empire. They're being scrounged from who knows where—probably some fringe pirate or mercenary gang. And they're being scrounged precisely because we're down to a single major shipyard and it can't keep up with demand for capital ships, let alone starfighters. So tell me how you plan for us to rearm ourselves."
Ardiff: "It's still not yet over, sir."
—Ardiff and Gilad Pellaeon[src]
- Pellaeon: "Send transmissions to all the Moffs, instructing them to meet me at Moff Disra's palace. We'll leave as soon as the Preybirds are aboard."
- Ardiff: "Yes, Admiral. May I tell the Moffs what the meeting is about?"
- Pellaeon: "Tell them that it's time to send an emissary to the New Republic. To discuss the terms of our surrender."
- —Gilad Pellaeon and Ardiff[src]
- "We are the Imperial Fleet. We do not hire mercenaries and pirate gangs from the fringe to fight our battles for us."
- ―Gilad Pellaeon to Vilim Disra[src]
- Hestiv: "At least that way we'd go down fighting. Your way…there's no honor in surrender, Admiral."
Pellaeon: "There's no honor in wasting lives for nothing, either."
Hestiv: "I know. But at least if you're dead you don't have to live with the shame of it."
Pellaeon: "There are some in the Fleet who would call that a noble warrior attitude. Personally, I'd call it stupid. If we're destroyed—if we all die—the concepts and ideals of the New Order die with us. But if we surrender, we can keep those ideals alive. Then, if and when the New Republic self-destructs, we'll be positioned to rise again. Maybe then the galaxy will finally be ready to accept us."
Hestiv: "Perhaps."
Pellaeon: "There's no disgrace in backing out of a no-win situation, General. I saw Grand Admiral Thrawn do it more than once, forthrightly and without embarrassment, rather than waste his men and ships. That's no more or less what I'm proposing we do now."
—Hestiv and Gilad Pellaeon[src]
- Pellaeon: "I'd like to believe that after all these years I could still be such a valuable prize. But I hardly think that to be the case.""
- Ardiff: ""You can be as modest as you want, Admiral. But right now you're about the only thing that's holding the Empire together."
- ―Gilad Pellaeon and Ardiff[src]
- "You realize, of course, that our unknown opponent may not give up this easily. He may attack again."
"Let him try." - ―Ardiff and Gilad Pellaeon[src]
[edit] Vision of the Future
- Pellaeon: "I was with Thrawn for just over a year. I was his senior fleet officer, his student, perhaps even his confidant. I'm not sure. The point is that he chose the Chimaera and me when he returned from the Unknown Regions. He didn't just pick us at random; he chose us."
- Ardiff: "No, there wasn't much Thrawn did at random. From which it follows that if he's back…?"
- Pellaeon: "That he's chosen someone else. And there can be only a very few reasons why he would do that."
- —Gilad Pellaeon and Ardiff on the supposed return of Thrawn[src]
- Ardiff: "I don't believe he would do that to you, sir. Not after all you went through together."
- Pellaeon: "You don't believe that any more than I do. Thrawn wasn't human, you know, no matter how human he might have looked. He was an alien, with alien thoughts and purposes and agendas. Perhaps I was never more to him than just one more tool he could use in reaching his goal. Whatever that goal was."
- Ardiff: "It's been a long road, sir. Long and hard and discouraging. For all of us, but mostly for you."
- —Ardiff and Gilad Pellaeon on Thrawn's possibly abandonment of Pellaeon[src]
- "We'll hope that this whole Thrawn appearance is just some trick of his."
"We most certainly will not. Thrawn's return would revitalize our people and bring nothing but good to the Empire. I would never want it said that I valued my own pride above that." - ―Ardiff and Gilad Pellaeon[src]
- "It wasn't a formal introduction. But I remember my father pointing you out to me as one of the Fleet's most promising officers during the annual Grand Alderaanian Gathering at the Royal Pavilion when I was ten."
"I remember those days well. In some ways, I'd prefer not to." - ―Leia Organa Solo and Gilad Pellaeon[src]
- "I take it Colonel Vermel was a close friend."
"I will hope that he still is. If not, someone will pay heavily for his death." - ―Elegos A'Kla and Gilad Pellaeon upon having the interception of Meizh Vermel confirmed[src]
- Pellaeon: "I'll get right to the point, Councilor. The war that began twenty-odd years ago is effectively over…and the Empire has lost."
Organa Solo: "I agree. Is this opinion shared by others in the Empire?"
Pellaeon: "I'm sure the average Imperial citizen has recognized that truth for quite some time. It's merely been the leadership who have clung to the hope that the inevitable could somehow be prevented."
Organa Solo: "And does that leadership now agree with the two of us and the average Imperial citizen?"
Pellaeon: "Yes. Reluctantly, but yes. I've been authorized by the eight remaining Moffs to open peace negotiations with the New Republic."
—Gilad Pellaeon and Leia Organa Solo[src]
[edit] Dark Tide II: Ruin
- Pellaeon: "All right, Consul. I will review the material you have brought. I am not unsympathetic to your plight, and I, as well as many others in the Empire, do feel a responsibility for the people of the New Republic. They may have rejected us, but we have not rejected them. If we are able, we will help."
- Organa Solo: "I can't ask for more than that."
- Pellaeon: "You could, Consul, you could. Let's hope this will be enough."
- —Gilad Pellaeon and Leia Organa Solo[src]
- Pellaeon: "As always I find your commentary and advice useful, my moffs, but I must remind you that I command Imperial space. I summoned you to this meeting not to seek your advice, but to advise you and warn you. When we allow the people to know what is happening in the New Republic, and what our response to it will be, there will be plenty who react as some of you have. They will see no reason to support those they see as enemies. I expect you will find it in yourselves to be persuasive to the contrary. I thank Moff Sarreti for his eloquence and commend him to you as an example."
Flennic: "You will commit our forces no matter what our opinion is?"
Pellaeon: "You act as if you are surprised, Moff Flennic. This was your opportunity to voice your opposition, but you know that your fellow moffs, by and large, will be in support of this move. I wanted to inform all of you that I will be issuing a mobilization order that will activate all reservists and call some of those units into active duty. I will also issue a call to all of our covert forces, both within the Empire and without, to come to our aid. While some of you might have seen our hidden forces as ones that would someday enable us to take back the galaxy, the Yuuzhan Vong threat is one we must defeat. We will need everything we can summon, and then some. I am having sent to all of you the acceptable codes being used by returning forces. You will not impede their travel in any manner. In return for this cooperation I will not be summoning your personal bodyguard units and you will be given latitude in using reserve units to maintain order."
Crowal: "You think you can distract us by giving us soldiers to play with?"
Pellaeon: "If you think that's what I'm doing, then, yes, I think you shallow enough to be distracted. Understand this: If the Yuuzhan Vong can defeat the New Republic, we cannot stand against them. I suggest you use the time I will win us in fighting against them to make our worlds as secure as you can. If I fail, if you are made to play with your soldiers, I hope I do not live to see the results. Pellaeon out."
—Gilad Pellaeon, Flennic, and Crowal[src]
- Sarreti: "You did not chasten them too badly for their poor manners."
Pellaeon: "If I were to do that, they would gain the impression that their antics concern me.
Sarreti: "Good point. Bastion's forces will be glad to join you. I am still a reservist. If you require my service, I am certain my administration can function in my absence."
Pellaeon: "I'd love to have you with me, Ephin, but I think I could use your efforts in organizing the other moffs."
Sarreti: "As long as I don't rebel against you?"
Pellaeon: "I'd rather have the people with us than against us. Then again, if I mismanage things so badly that you need to rebel, better you running things than Crowal or Flennic."
Sarreti: "I trust that situation will not come to pass."
Pellaeon: "That's my hope. Now, if the Yuuzhan Vong will just oblige us and lie down and die, perhaps warriors like me can fade, and the future can be put in the hands of builders like you. At least, then, there will be a future."
—Ephin Sarreti and Gilad Pellaeon[src]
- "I harbor no illusions, Admiral Kre'fey: the moffs will be as opposed to my helping you defend Ithor as your leaders will be to having Imperial forces operating in the New Republic. They are not going to see this the way we do. The battle for Ithor will determine the course of the war against the Yuuzhan Vong. If we win here, they are blunted and can be driven back. If we lose here, I am not sanguine about the New Republic's chances for survival—nor those of Imperial Space."
- ―Gilad Pellaeon to Traest Kre'fey[src]
- "This is ever the plight of the military man. We know where we can deploy our forces for best effect. That is a rational decision based on numbers and analysis. We both know that Ithor is the key here. The Yuuzhan Vong have to come in sufficient force to take it. If we strip defenses from elsewhere, we provide a tempting alternative target. Some people suffer so others will not. We can provide the best response as per our brain, but it isn't the right response according to our hearts. We have approximately two weeks before your leaders get here, and I imagine some of mine will arrive, too. In that time we will have to come up with a plan in which we show them we are splitting responsibility and risk to the gain of all. This means we will make concessions to political considerations that we don't want to make, in essence slipping binders on our own wrists before we go into this fight. I don't like that any more than you do, but the alternative is for our leaders, fighting between and among themselves, to impose their own binders on us. I'd much prefer the binders I choose than theirs. After all, if I tie myself up, it's with the knowledge I can get out of the binders. And in this coming fight, if we can't do that, everything—Ithor, New Republic, and Imperial Space—is doomed."
- ―Gilad Pellaeon to Traest Kre'fey, Luke Skywalker, and Corran Horn[src]
- "They're outbound alpha-seven. Time to move. Ithor cries for vengeance."
- ―Gilad Pellaeon to Traest Kre'fey[src]
- Pellaeon: "You do know, Admiral, that I wish things could have turned out differently. I found working with you fascinating, even enlightening. Imperial Space will benefit from what I learned here."
- Kre'Fey: "I know that, Admiral, and share your feelings. I also know, despite what others might whisper, that you harbor no antialien bias. I have never felt anything but respect from you, and have nothing but respect and admiration for you."
- ―Gilad Pellaeon and Traest Kre'fey[src]
- "In some ways, victory over the Empire was the worst thing that could have happened to the New Republic. Your hatred of us united you. Now forces seek to divide you for their own gain."
- ―Gilad Pellaeon to Traest Kre'fey[src]
- "This is not the last you shall see of me, my friends. Right now, my people are afraid of helping you. There will come a time when they are more afraid of not helping you. I will return then. I just hope it won't be too late."
- ―Gilad Pellaeon to Traest Kre'fey and Wedge Antilles[src]
[edit] Destiny's Way
- "The Empire is not run by committee, Princess. If I find that the Moff Council needs to know the substance of your message, then I'll be the one who tells them."
- ―Gilad Pellaeon to Leia Organa Solo[src]
- Pellaeon: "Every ruler should have a garden. It's always useful to draw lessons from nature."
Organa Solo: "True."
Pellaeon: "From a garden one learns to cull the weak and unfit and to encourage the strong and vigorous. An inferior bud soon feels the strength of my pinch!"
Solo: "And you make your plants grow in rows."
Pellaeon: "Each receives its proper allotment of space and sunlight, and no more. That's fair, don't you think?"
Solo: "But plants don't naturally grow in rows. This is only possible in a highly artificial environment."
Pellaeon: "You prefer the state of nature, then? I think you will find that in a state of nature, the weak are culled in a far more merciless fashion than you find here."
Organa Solo: "Let's say that I prefer a balance. There should be enough nature so that the plants can thrive by following their natures, if you see what I mean."
Pellaeon: "That notion of balance is derived from Jedi philosophy, if I'm not mistaken. But such hybrid beauty as you see here is not a matter of balance, or nature, but a contest of wills. The will of the gardener, and the will of the plant he must coerce into surrendering her treasure."
Organa Solo: "I see we're doomed to talk about politics."
Pellaeon: "I fear so, Princess."
—Gilad Pellaeon, Leia Organa Solo, and Han Solo[src]
- Pellaeon: "Because, quite frankly, the New Republic is losing its war. Your forces are undisciplined, your government is in disarray, your capital is lost, and your Chief of State was tortured to death in his own office. Why should the Empire join such a debacle? If we join with you now, you'll only drag us down with you. That's what the Moff Council would say. Now, if you start to win some real victories, then the Moffs' position would be altered. But you'd have to convince us you're not dragging us into a disaster. And that, Princess, is the truth."
Organa Solo: "Well, that's that."
Pellaeon: "On the other hand, if you could offer something to the Moff Council. Something concrete…"
Organa Solo: "Such as?"
Pellaeon: "The Moff Council is impressed by real things. Solid things. For instance, if the Empire could retain any worlds we took from the Yuuzhan Vong, it would impress the Moffs considerably. Not any worlds that still have your population on them. Only those the Yuuzhan Vong have remade for themselves. I think the Moff Council is most impressed by worlds, Princess."
—Gilad Pellaeon and Leia Organa Solo[src]
- Solo: "He had a lot of nerve asking for our planets."
Organa Solo: "They're not our planets anymore, which I suppose was his point. But I think that was just a test. If I'd agreed to his idea, it would have told him how desperate we are."
Solo: "Would that have brought him into the war, or scared him off?"
Organa Solo: "Good question. I think I've come to the conclusion that we don't want the Empire in this war."
Solo: "You sure? All those Star Destroyers? Those troops?"
Organa Solo: "That's right. Pellaeon said he'd join us if we started winning victories. But once we start winning, we don't need the Empire any longer. What Pellaeon really wants are concessions ahead of time, and then to be at the peace table when it's over. He wants a peace that serves the Empire's interests."
Solo: "And here I was starting to think that Pellaeon was a good guy."
Organa Solo: "I'm not saying he isn't, at least by Imperial standards. But he's a head of state, and he has to look out for that state's benefit. He didn't persuade the Empire to end the war with the New Republic on the grounds that it was the moral thing to do; he did it by persuading the Moffs that it was in the Empire's best interests. Right now the Remnant has barely recovered from the last war—why should Pellaeon get into another life-and-death struggle unless it's to his advantage?"
—Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo[src]
[edit] Force Heretic I: Remnant
- "How long do we wait for him to appear?"
"To be honest, I don't know. What I do know, though, is that Gilad Pellaeon is a survivor. If he can get out of there, he will." - ―Danni Quee and Jacen Solo[src]
- Tekli: "My name is Tekli, Admiral. I am a healer."
Pellaeon: "Are you healing me or killing me?"
Tekli: "The pain is unavoidable. The only way to avoid it now would be for you to die. But you must stay with your body, no matter what it's telling you."
Pellaeon: "I—can't—"
Tekli: "Yes you can, Admiral. We need you. If you die now, many others will follow. I'm not about to let that happen."
Pellaeon: "You're not—?"
Tekli: "I'm sorry. There are times when we all must endure the hurt in order to survive. Yours is now. The Force requires it."
—Tekli and Gilad Pellaeon[src]
- "Thank you for your help at Bastion. I owe the Jedi my life, and I never forget my debts. You can safely assume I shall listen to your thoughts on the Yuuzhan Vong with far more interest than some of my colleagues."
- ―Gilad Pellaeon to Jacen Solo[src]
- Flennic: "Don't you think this deserves a little more discussion?"
- Pellaeon: "Understand this, Kurlen: what I just gave you was an order, not an invitation. While I command the Imperial Navy, you will do as I say, regardless of whether or not you agree with those orders. Otherwise—and believe me when I say this—if I have to secede from the Empire in order to ensure this navy's survival, then I shall do so without hesitation—and I guarantee that we won't be back to pick up the pieces of your shipyards afterward."
- Flennic: "I understand, Grand Admiral."
- Pellaeon: "Good. But I'm not finished. This is just the beginning. You will also issue orders to allow Jade Shadow free access to this system, and any system within the Empire. The Moff Council has gravely underestimated the threat of the Yuuzhan Vong against my advice one too many times, and it won't happen again. I won't let it happen again. The time has come to take what few assets we have left and ensure that nothing like this ever recurs. If we survive Borosk, the Galactic Alliance and the Jedi will be our best hope of long-term survival, and I intend to take advantage of them while the Empire still exists. Is that understood?"
- ―Kurlen Flennic and Gilad Pellaeon[src]
- "If you succeed, it'll be the wildest stunt I've ever seen—and you'll seal the gratitude of the Empire forever. Turning my back on the people the Vong captured was one of the most soul-destroying things I've ever had to do. It's a burden I'll be happy to be rid of."
- ―Gilad Pellaeon to Saba Sebatyne, on her plan to free prisoners of the Yuuzhan Vong[src]
- Vorrik: "I will but delay the inevitable. There will be no mercy. None of you will be spared. Your homes will be razed and your remains will be used as fertilizer for our crops! Your worlds will be absorbed into the glorious Yuuzhan Vong empire as it engulfs the galaxy whole. You will—"
Pellaeon: "Maybe I'm missing something, Vorrik. But I'm not seeing any evidence of this great plan of yours. We're destroying your yammosks; we've killed your spies; we're taking back those you thought were captives. You don't have the muscle to take this planet, let alone the others. Your threats are as empty as your boasts are shallow."
Vorrik: "You will eat those words when—"
Pellaeon: "Empty."
Vorrik: "—we turn your abominations into slag and—"
Pellaeon: "Empty!"
Vorrik: "—grind every trace of you into the dust from which you were born!"
Pellaeon: "Empty, Vorrik! It's time for you to make good on your promises, Commander: either destroy us or get out!"
Vorrik: "By the gods of my people, infidel, I promise that you will choke on those words!"
Pellaeon: "Maybe one day, Vorrik, but not today. You really should have thought twice about this gambit of yours—especially if you didn't have the resources to pull it off in the first place. We have no intentions of surrendering—not now, not ever. You may win the occasional battle against us, Vorrik, but the Empire will always strike back. That I promise you. You tell Shimrra from me that if he wants to get the job done, then he's going to have to send a much bigger fleet—and a more competent commander to oversee it."
—B'shith Vorrik and Gilad Pellaeon[src]
- Solo: "What happened to the war?"
Pellaeon: "It went away."
Skywalker: "But not far. And not for long, either."
Pellaeon: "Don't worry. We'll be ready for it when it comes back. The Yuuzhan Vong will rue the day they dragged me into this."
Skywalker: "Don't let your confidence over this one victory cloud your judgment, Admiral. The Yuuzhan Vong will not take this defeat lightly. This is just the beginning, I assure you."
Pellaeon: "I think you're right, my friend. The beginning of their end."
—Jacen Solo, Gilad Pellaeon, and Luke Skywalker[src]
- Pellaeon: "The reason I have brought you all here is quite simple. I wish to share with you a realization I have come to, and to tell you what I intend to do about it. In the last forty-eight standard hours, the Imperial Navy has fended off the greatest threat it has ever faced. You've seen the reports and studied the breakdowns, so I'm sure you can understand the significance of what happened at Bastion and, hopefully, will have some appreciation of the seriousness of the decisions we must now make. Until we rebuild Bastion, the Empire is temporarily without a capital; the Moff Council has lost several of its most important members and, with them, I suspect, its short-term cohesion. Many of our citizens have been enslaved by the Yuuzhan Vong, and our borders are no longer safe. But the threat we have repelled is not the Yuuzhan Vong. It is something far more insidious. Indeed, we didn't know we were facing it until the very last, when it was almost too late to fend it off. That threat can be summed up in one word. It is a word that has more fear for me than extinction. It is irrelevance. When we first heard about the Yuuzhan Vong, we blithely observed their passage through the galaxy and assumed that when they didn't attack us, they did so out of caution. We were too strong, too determined, too superior for them to risk a confrontation. We believed ourselves to be too formidable an opponent. But when we sent support to the Battle of Ithor, we saw just how strong the enemy's fleets really were. Afraid that we would be unable to defend ourselves, we pulled in our heads and dug in, waiting for an attack that never came. And it never came because we simply didn't matter to the Yuuzhan Vong. We weren't considered a threat. We had demonstrated an unwillingness to become involved in someone else's fight, and a propensity for sitting back and watching our neighbors being destroyed. Why should they attack us? We weren't hurting them; if anything, we were making their job easier. In effect, we made ourselves irrelevant, and for that I feel the greatest shame of all. Well, we've been attacked now. No one could've missed that. But does that mean we're relevant? No. It means that Supreme Overlord Shimrra took a moment to stamp out a potential threat lingering around his rear lines. A potential threat, mind you, not an actual threat. The force he sent wasn't sufficient to disable us, even with surprise on its side, but it was nothing compared to the resources he committed to Coruscant. B'shith Vorrik, furthermore, is no Tsavong Lah or Nas Choka. Had we really mattered to the overall war, Shimrra would have wiped us out years ago, not tried now as an afterthought. But we refused to roll over and be destroyed, even when we were grievously injured. We insulted the enemy as he retreated, and we liberated some of those taken captive. We showed them that we are not easy prey, and that we will not be so easily dismissed. If Shimrra didn't consider the Empire a threat before, he will now. How long he considers us a threat, however, is entirely up to us."
Flennic: "And why is that?"
Sarreti: "Isn't that obvious, Kurlen? If we sit here expecting to defend our territories indefinitely, we'll all be dead within months."
Pellaeon: "And giving Vorrik time to petition another strike force from Shimrra—fresher, larger, and certainly more eager for our blood—would be suicide. We remain a threat only so long as we remain alive."
Flennic: "I can't help but feel apprehensive about the alternative you're about to propose."
Pellaeon: "It's the only alternative that I can see. We must take the fight to the Yuuzhan Vong."
Flennic: "You would have us leave our worlds behind? Undefended?"
Pellaeon: "Not entirely. Every planet would retain a token defense force—at least enough to repel the sort of attack Yaga Minor suffered."
Crowal: "But not enough to repel a serious invasion."
Sarreti: "If the Yuuzhan Vong are kept busy elsewhere, there won't be one."
Flennic: "Can we be absolutely certain of that, though? Admiral, you are gambling with our very lives here!"
Pellaeon: "Isn't that what all leaders must do in times of war? I'm offering you a chance of victory as opposed to the certainty of our destruction. Mark my words: if we do nothing, we will be destroyed."
Crowal: "If, as you say, we can't beat the Yuuzhan Vong here, then how do you propose we beat them on their own territory?"
Pellaeon: "A fair question. And one that has occupied my mind these last couple of days."
Flennic: "Go on then. Give us your answer."
Pellaeon: "There is only one possible answer. In order to survive intact, the Empire needs to see itself objectively; it needs to cultivate a certain distance from its immediate past and see itself in the context of the wider galaxy and its history. We are not alone here, as much as we might sometimes like to pretend we are. We cannot avoid what is happening outside, as the Yuuzhan Vong have so convincingly demonstrated. For too long have we kept to ourselves; for too long have we ignored what is going on out there in the wider galaxy. We have remained content to direct our attention inward, at our own navels. I do not exclude myself from this criticism, either. There have been times I could have fought harder to do what my gut told me was right. That I didn't will be my undying shame, because it was almost our undoing. But I will not let it happen again."
Flennic: "You will not? Grand Admiral, I trust we are coming to some sort of point here. If you have gathered us together to dictate your terms, then please get on with it so that we can vote on your dismissal and put this behind us forever."
Pellaeon: "As Grand Admiral of the Imperial Navy, I am formally advising the Moff Council that at our earliest possible convenience we must strike a formal agreement with the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances to share military resources in order to repel the threat of the Yuuzhan Vong from the galaxy. Furthermore, I advise that this agreement be ongoing after the immediate threat has passed. The only way to survive in the future is to turn our back on the past. As much as some of you may dislike to hear it, it is time for us to make peace with one another."
Flennic: "Join the Galactic Alliance? Have you gone mad? You can't believe that any of us would ever agree to this!"
Pellaeon: "I don't need your agreement, Kurlen. When I say that I am advising the council, I am only following a formality. This is the way it will be, because this is the way it has to be. I am simply saving you the need to think it through for yourselves."
Anonymous moff: "This is treason!"
Sarreti: "It's common sense."
Pellaeon: "My loyalty to the Empire is as strong as it has ever been. I will do what I must to ensure its survival."
Freyborn: "By forcing us to submit to them? We have spent our lives fighting this scum, and now you wish us to—"
Pellaeon: "Be mindful of your words, Moff Freyborn These 'scum,' as you call them, saved my life back at Bastion—as well as saving the Empire from an early grave."
Flennic: "A grave they dug for us in the first place. At our peak we would never have fallen to the Yuuzhan Vong as they have. We would have sent them back from whence they came—impaled upon their own amphistaffs!"
Pellaeon: "Do you really believe that, Kurlen? We weren't able to resist a handful of Rebels, so how would we have resisted the massed might of the Yuuzhan Vong? Your reasoning is both faulty and circular—and it is precisely the kind of reasoning that has brought us to these straits. The Empire is foundering not from forces exterior to it, but as a result of its own internal weaknesses. Our current circumstances are our own fault; it is foolish to lay blame elsewhere for our own failings."
Flennic: "The Empire will never surrender to the Galactic Alliance, Admiral. And I cannot believe you would ever consider this after all your years resisting their insidious advance!"
Pellaeon: "Like it or not, they have ruled the galaxy for almost as many decades as we did—and with less bloodshed and military expenditure, I might add. Right now, they are the one thing that stands between us and enslavement and death at the hands of the Yuuzhan Vong, and it is time we acknowledged that. And we need to do it now before we bury ourselves beneath old grudges and an inability to accept reality."
Flennic: "I refuse to accept defeat. And I don't regard that inability as a disability, either. The Empire is strong; we proved that—you proved that—by repelling the invasion. Why, on a day when we should be celebrating our victory, are we contemplating the end of the Empire?"
Pellaeon: "First, allying ourselves with the Galactic Alliance isn't the same thing as dissolving the Empire. That should be obvious even to a child, Kurlen. They're not asking us to surrender our sovereignty; nor will we. We will simply combine forces to our mutual benefit. Second, as I said earlier, the Empire exists today only because of luck: luck that the Yuuzhan Vong didn't attack sooner, and luck that the emissaries from the Galactic Alliance came along when they did to show us how to fight effectively. Third, if we don't fight back now, the Yuuzhan Vong will return and strike us down without any mercy whatsoever. If we don't drive them back and join with our neighbors to keep them back, then no one will ever be safe again. And this Empire we hold so precious will completely cease to be. If you can't accept that argument, Kurlen, then you'll have to learn to accept your irrelevance to the council instead."
Flennic: "Are you threatening me?"
Pellaeon: "Yes, Kurlen, I am. The council will unanimously accept my proposal, or I will take the entire fleet with me when I leave."
Flennic: "This is treason of the worst kind, Admiral."
Pellaeon: "How strong are your convictions, Kurlen? Are you prepared to die for them?"
Flennic: "You can't threaten us, Admiral! We are the Council of Moffs; we appointed you. We can always appoint another Grand Admiral to take your place—one who won't lead us down such a treacherous path!"
Pellaeon: "Another warlord choking on remembered glories, you mean? There aren't many left, Kurlen. Our numbers have dwindled in futile attempts to reclaim something that was taken from us long ago. The galaxy isn't ours by right; we have lost it. The sooner we accept that, the sooner we can begin to understand what role exists for us now. And if that new role is to be part of the Galactic Alliance, then so be it. It has to be better than extinction. I for one am sick of fighting a war we can never win—and against the wrong enemy, what's more."
Flennic: "This is madness. Are you all just going to stand by and let him destroy everything we've managed to salvage?"
Sarreti: "It's better than being dead, Kurlen."
Crowal: "Or enslaved."
Flennic: "You, Crowal? You believe this nonsense?"
Crowal: "It's not nonsense, Kurlen. I argued against joining the Galactic Alliance when the enemy wasn't on our doorstep, thinking that if we didn't provoke the Yuuzhan Vong, they would leave us alone. But that proved to be a mistake."
Flennic: "No. No…No! I will not submit! You! You and your vile mind tricks have poisoned us!"
Jade Skywalker: "Nonsense. We use our powers to save lives, not waste them—unlike you, Moff Flennic. You are not the only one here who served under Palpatine. I have changed, and so has the Grand Admiral. And I suspect that you must have, too, for our former master would never have tolerated such idiocy in one of his servants. What were you thinking? That Yaga Minor would become capital now that Bastion has fallen? That you would lead the council? Don't be a fool, Flennic."
Pellaeon: "Stand down, Kurlen. Stand down now and abide by the will of the council, and I swear that no action will be taken for what has happened here today."
Flennic: "Very well. I give my support to your proposal of allying ourselves with the Galactic Alliance. But I stand by my opinion, Admiral."
Pellaeon: "As it is yours to stand by. But hear this, Kurlen: you have pulled a weapon on me this day, an act of treason that under normal circumstances would be punishable by death. But these are not normal circumstances, and so I am prepared to overlook your insurrection. However, from this moment on you would be wise to be mindful of your actions. Because if you so much as breathe in a manner that I think is treacherous, then I will have your head. Is that understood?"
—Gilad Pellaeon, Kurlen Flennic, Ephin Sarreti, Crowal, an anonymous moff, Freyborn, and Mara Jade Skywalker[src]
[edit] Force Heretic III: Reunion
- Vorrik: "I foul my senses every second I endure your likeness, infidel. Be quick, so I can erase your sight from my eyes."
Pellaeon: "This is just a social call. I was wondering how Kur-hashan was faring?"
Vorrik: "You dare mock me with your trivial—"
Pellaeon: "Mock the great commander? I wouldn't dare. I leave that to your superiors, who send you off on a fool's errand while they bask in the glory of the Core. I thought it was time to discuss the situation. We have something of a standoff in place at the moment, Vorrik. I trust some thoughts on how to break it would have crossed that flat-browed mind of yours?"
Vorrik: "It will break when we crush your puny fleet! When we squash you like bugs beneath our feet! Then I will break you personally—bone by bone, nerve by nerve, until you are nothing but slime."
Pellaeon: "Am I to take it, then, that negotiating a withdrawal is not an option?"
Vorrik: "Withdrawing is not the Yuuzhan Vong way."
Pellaeon: "That's odd, because I seem to recall you withdrawing at Borosk. And here I was thinking that we were finally managing to breed some sense into your barbaric species. Now I see we still have some way to go."
—B'shith Vorrik and Gilad Pellaeon[src]
- "I don't mind what people think of me, Captain, as long as they obey orders."
- ―Gilad Pellaeon to Todra Mayn[src]
[edit] The Final Prophecy
- "The best thing about Pellaeon was that he knew his limitations. Don't get me wrong, he's a very good tactician and excellent at command—but when Thrawn died, he didn't kid himself that he could salvage the battle. That alone set him apart from most Imperial commanders, who more usually had inflated opinions of themselves."
- ―Wedge Antilles to Cel, about the Battle of Bilbringi[src]
- "Tell—tell Admiral Pellaeon I did what I thought was best."
- ―Mynar Devis's last words, to Han Solo[src]
- Pellaeon: "I was wondering if I could make an inquiry of my own. Captain Devis hasn't returned to his command. Do you know his whereabouts?"
Han Solo: "I'm sorry, Admiral, he, ah—didn't make it. He died helping to take down the interdictor.
Pellaeon: "I see."
Han Solo: "He said to tell you he did what he thought was right."
Pellaeon: "Well, yes, that sounds like him. He was a great admirer of yours, I believe, Captain Solo, despite the fact that in Imperial holos you are most often portrayed as something of a villain. Or perhaps that's why he admired you. Ladies, gentlemen—until I have time for that drink."
Han Solo: "Villain? Maybe I need to see some of these holos."
Leia Organa Solo: "That was a little odd, don't you think?"
Han Solo: "Yeah. Devis was a good guy, sure, but…"
Jaina Solo: "Is the Grand Admiral married?"
Leia Organa Solo: "No. They say he's never made time for it. Why do you ask?"
Jaina Solo: "Because I think Devis was his son."
Han Solo: "To all of our sons and all of our daughters, be they with us or beyond."
—Gilad Pellaeon, Han Solo, Leia Organa Solo, and Jaina Solo[src]
[edit] The Unifying Force
- Organa Solo: "Eager to get back to your garden?"
Pellaeon: "If time permits. I will have much to do, convincing some of the Moffs of the wisdom of participating openly in the Alliance. I never took the time to marry and raise a family. But I have my garden, and I tend to that as I might have my children. I may even allow a bit of randomness, a bit of 'nature' to enter, and stay my hand from culling the weak and unfit from the rows."
Solo: "A little disorder never hurt."
Pellaeon: "It certainly never seemed to hurt you, Captain Solo."
Solo: "That's only 'cause turmoil and me reached an accord a long time ago."
Pellaeon: "Well, perhaps I'll attempt to do the same. In any event, I never realized how much I missed the Core—and Coruscant in particular. Returning here after so long a time, even under such circumstances, has made me reflect on my career, and on all the events that have ensued since the Battle of Endor. I feel that you have been instrumental in giving me back something I had lost, and I want to do the same for you."
Organa Solo: "That's really not necessary, Admiral."
Pellaeon: "It's just a little something."
Solo: "And we thought you just wanted to give us another hyperspace comm antenna."
Organa Solo: "Gilad, I can't tell you how much this means to me."
Pellaeon: "It is one of the few pieces of Thrawn's collection that survived, and I thought that you of all people should have it."
—Leia Organa Solo, Gilad Pellaeon, and Han Solo, upon Pellaeon's return of the Killik Twilight to the Solos[src]
[edit] Dark Nest III: The Swarm War
- "Look, it's either him or Pellaeon or someone in the Jedi. And Pellaeon never double-crossed anyone, even when he was an Imperial."
- ―Han Solo explaining to Leia Organa Solo why he believes Cal Omas to have sold them out[src]
- Pellaeon: "A lot can happen in twenty-five thousand years, Master Skywalker. Sciences can be lost, knowledge can be forgotten, cultural imperatives can change. That doesn't mean we should underestimate our opponent."
- Skywalker: "Of course not. Forgive me, Admiral—I wasn't thinking on the same level you were."
- Pellaeon: "No apology necessary, Master Skywalker. You had no way to know we were discussing our current attack strategies. Since the Rebellion, I've become a bit fanatic about keeping an open mind toward my enemy's capabilities."
- —Gilad Pellaeon and Luke Skywalker[src]
- Pellaeon: "It's going to be a thing of beauty, Luke. The Killiks have absolutely no room to maneuver. We're going to smash them against the Chiss like, well…like bugs."
Skywalker: "Forgive me for spoiling your fun. But that's exactly what we shouldn't be doing."
Pellaeon: "What? The Killiks might as well be dead already. They can't possibly escape us."
Skywalker: "Probably not. But we're not here to destroy an enemy fleet. We're here to stop this war."
Pellaeon: "In my experience, they're one and the same."
Skywalker: "Yes, but your experience doesn't include Killiks. Admiral, we have to concentrate our resources on retaking the Admiral Ackbar and neutralizing Raynar Thul."
Pellaeon: "You know for a fact that Raynar is aboard the Ackbar?"
Skywalker: "I'm certain. I feel it in the Force."
Pellaeon: "Then you don't need an entire fleet to trap him. Admiral Bwua'tu's task force should be more than sufficient to support you."
Pellaeon: "You're missing the point, Admiral. Destroying the Colony's fleet will delay the war, but it won't end it. The Killiks will only rebuild and be back with an even larger force next year."
Pellaeon: "Then at least we will have bought ourselves some time. I'm not going to commit everything to neutralizing one man, Luke. If you fail—or if you're wrong, and removing Raynar doesn't cripple the Colony—we will have squandered the opportunity for a great victory."
Skywalker: "That's sound military doctrine, of course. But if you follow your plan, Raynar and Lomi Plo will defeat us—because we'll have lost sight of our true goals. Let's assume I do neutralize Raynar and Lomi Plo without the fleet's full support, and that you destroy the entire Killik fleet. Your strategy will only prolong the war."
Pellaeon: "You're making no sense, Luke. Without Raynar and Lomi Plo, the Killiks won't he able to rebuild their fleet. You've said yourself that neutralizing those two will destroy the Colony's ability to coordinate its nests. Are you telling me it won't?"
Skywalker: "I said removing Raynar would eventually destroy the Colony. And you're forgetting the Chiss. If you wipe out the Killik fleet here on Tenupe, what do you think the Chiss are going to do next?"
Pellaeon: "Thank us. Perhaps they'll finally believe that we're not siding with the Killiks."
Skywalker: "They'll know that if we focus on recapturing the Ackbar and neutralize Raynar and Lomi Plo. What they won't do is use that fleet down there to continue pressing the war against the Colony."
Pellaeon: "Master Skywalker, I do believe you're suggesting that we leave the Chiss fleet to its own resources."
Skywalker: "It would be for the best. They were obviously willing to sacrifice much of it anyway."
Pellaeon: "Before their parasite weapon was compromised. I suspect they're no longer eager to lull the Killiks into a false sense of security. This battle is going to be bloody."
Skywalker: "No doubt. But it might be wise to let the Chiss have a good taste of what the Killiks can do. Otherwise, the Ascendancy will continue pressing the war—they'll find another way to deploy their parasite weapon. As excited as you are about this battle, I know you don't want speciecide on your conscience."
Pellaeon: "It isn't the killing, you know. It's the beauty of battles that I love—the choreography and the challenge of executing everything just right—and the challenge of matching your wits against a capable opponent. I guess I carry a little more Thrawn with me than I'd like to believe. The Chiss will lose a lot of ships, you know—and this is a dangerous part of the galaxy, even without the Colony."
Skywalker: "I know. The Ascendancy may have to rely more heavily on its friends for a while—and that will be good for the Alliance."
Pellaeon: "Yes, I suppose it will be—provided they still consider us friends."
—Gilad Pellaeon and Luke Skywalker[src]
- "But Jedi advice is important! At times, I think you're the only disinterested representatives in the government!"
- ―Gilad Pellaeon to Luke Skywalker[src]
[edit] Betrayal
- "If I'd been subjected to that sort of treatment, I might declare a personal war on the government that had authorized it. I suspect Antilles isn't fighting for Corellia. He's against us—us personally. Find out the name of every officer who botched any portion of the operation against Antilles. Perhaps he'll remove himself from the picture if we bust every one of them down to floor sweeper."
- ―Gilad Pellaeon to Cha Niathal, on Wedge Antilles's joining the Corellian resistance[src]
- Skywalker: "May the Force be with you, Admiral."
- Pellaeon: "Once upon a time, I was certain I'd never hear those words directed toward me."
- Skywalker: "Times change."
- —Luke Skywalker and Gilad Pellaeon[src]
- Pellaeon: "I'll stipulate that the arrival of a GA naval task force in the Corellian system was an unfriendly act if you'd be so kind as to make the same admission about the secret reactivation of Centerpoint Station. Let's get that out of the way. Let's neither of us pretend that one side or the other is blameless."
Saxan: "We can still argue over which is the greater offense."
Pellaeon: "We can. Which is to your advantage."
Saxan: "You admit that?"
Pellaeon: "Of course. I'm a very old man. Any protracted argument—well, I could die at any moment."
—Gilad Pellaeon and Aidel Saxan[src]
- "The young go through wars and think that the experience is enough to teach them to fear such conflicts. And then, years later, their children go to war, and suddenly the parents learn what fear really means."
- ―Gilad Pellaeon to Luke Skywalker[src]
[edit] Revelation
- Pellaeon: "I hope you're rushing to tell me that the chef has acquired Jacen Solo's entrails and is braising them for dinner."
- Reige: "Not quite, Admiral."
- Pellaeon: "Life is full of disappointments."
- —Gilad Pellaeon and Vitor Reige
- "A gesture is worth a thousand words, but two often suffice."
- ―Gilad Pellaeon, to Vitor Reige[src]
- "He's a pragmatist. And he wants the best for his little Empire."
"He likes his honor better." - ―Tahiri Veila and Jacen Solo[src]
- "Empire can be different. Provided we shoot all the lunatics who enjoy the idea."
- ―Gilad Pellaeon[src]
- "I'm trying to make the best of a situation that Jacen Solo will impose on the galaxy whether we join him or not. If we don't, all the recovery effort after the last war will be for nothing. I anticipate that he will go the way of most despots, and fall, or even hang. If that happens—when that happens—we shall be there to pick up the pieces. I have no faith in the GA to run anything beyond their Coruscant front garden, let alone a galaxy."
- ―Gilad Pellaeon to Vitor Reige[src]
- "I'm too old to want glory. At my age, you worry more about what might be said about you after you're dead. I'd like to be recalled as an admiral who left the galaxy a little tidier and quieter than he found it."
- ―Gilad Pellaeon to Cha Niathal[src]
- Pellaeon: "I'm ninety-two years old. Of course I'm going to die, and quite soon, but it's how I die that matters to me. Please—get out of my cabin."
Veila: "Last chance. All you have to do is call a halt. The Moffs obey you."
Pellaeon: "My son died to defeat the Yuuzhan Vong, and Jacen's as set on destroying everything I hold dear as they were. Pellaeon to Fleet. Fleet, this is Admiral Pellaeon. I order you to place your vessels at the complete disposal of Admiral Niathal, and take down Jacen Solo, for the honor of the Empire—"
[Veila fires]
Pellaeon: "So that's Jacen Solo's new Sith Order. Wiping out civilians…from a safe distance, and getting…a child…to kill an old man…just make sure…you can dismount from that…bloodfin of yours…"
Veila: "I can save you, Admiral. It's not too late. The heart's a resilient muscle."
Pellaeon: "Go…rot somewhere else…villip."
Moff: "Is he gone?:
Quille: "Not yet. I'm not going to touch him, so we're totally clean…"
Pellaeon: "Quille."
—Gilad Pellaeon, Tahiri Veila, an unnamed moff, and Quille[src]
- Solo: "After all those years. What a terrible thing."
- Fett: "It's war."
- Solo: "I meant that if you reach your nineties, you should have a reasonable expectation of dying peacefully at home."
- Fett: "Not Pellaeon. He died well. Men like that don't want to fade out quietly."
- ―Jaina Solo and Boba Fett[src]
- "To Gil Pellaeon. The last of the Empire's true gentlemen. Safe harbor, my friend."
- ―Natasi Daala[src]
