A touch of his forefinger activated the holoprojector, and moments later a half-sized eidolon of Nute Gunray resolved in midair. As in recent transmissions, the viceroy’s Neimoidian underlings, chief litigator Rune Haako, Captain Daultay Dofine, and Deputy Viceroy Hath Monchar were hovering in the background. “Lord Sidious,” Gunray said, with a slight stammer in his voice. “We have been waiting—” “Do you imagine yourself centermost in my thoughts that I should neglect other matters to communicate with you precisely on time?”
