Ghirra Starros didn’t second-guess her choices, as a rule. She liked to say, The past is the only thing beyond your control. So don’t look back. Look ahead. Forging an alliance with Marchion Ro—using her status as a senator to assist the Nihil, particularly in their strike against Starlight Beacon—that had been a tactical move, a way to put herself on both sides of the conflict in this new part of the Republic. Whoever won, Ghirra intended to stand with them on top.
