Unidentified Imperial officer (Hero of the Empire)

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The title of this article is conjectural.

Although this article is based on canonical information, the actual name of this subject is pure conjecture.

"If I have to listen to one more lecture about what that ludicrous alien would have done, I am going to allow my ship to indulge in friendly fire!"

―The officer^[1]

An individual was the commanding officer of a starship of the Imperial Navy during the Battle of Endor^[1] in 4 ABY.^[2] They were allegedly involved in an argument over starfighter tactics during a meeting prior to the battle. After the plan to first send in starfighters without backing them up or holding any in reserve to defend the fleet was explained, one officer, who the historian Beaumont Kin assumed was Vice Admiral Corf Ferno, began an explanation of how Grand Admiral Thrawn had coordinated the fighters and fleet at the Battle of Atollon^[1] in 2 BBY.^[2] The officer then shouted at Ferno and threatened to allow their ship to indulge in friendly fire if they had to listen to another lecture about "that ludicrous alien". An anonymous commander later described the argument in his unpublished memoir, Hero of the Empire.^[1] In 35 ABY,^[3] Kin mentioned the alleged argument in^[1] his^[4] book The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire but noted that the memoir describing it may not have been a reliable source, as other officers did not make any report of the argument occurring.^[1]

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