[Ezra puzzles over that response for a while. Worse threats than the Empire, that held trillions upon trillions in its grasp?

On the other hand, if there's one thing his travels have taught him, it's that there's always a bigger fish somewhere. But then, none the bigger fish he's ever come across would truly be best addressed by military might.]

I guess I'll have to provisionally try to accept this mysterious bigger threat, for at least the sake of the conversation. Although I'm really not convinced supporting the Empire as the best option follows, even with that in mind.

What *was* your plan, then?