Heh.

"Guess it would."

"...I can explain some stuff in the meantime, too, if you teach me how to fight with a sword."

"...Sure?"

"She found a lightsaber."

"Oh, cool. Yeah, we didn't have cortosis blades to play with or anything but I've been trained on most weapons and can check the memories of anyone who's seen Inkil fighting if there's differences with a lightsaber."

"...Lightsabers are easy to injure yourself with. I'd prefer if I was there for the first few sessions, and I actually do know some lightsaber quirks."

"...Thanks."

"Just full of surprises, aren't you."

"Okay so I'm pretty sure 'my uncle is Luke Skywalker' isn't too many layers deep of searching on the HoloNet once you have my last name; 'I know what a lightsaber is' doesn't actually count as a secret."

"Knowing enough to teach does."

"We all got training. I decided not to be a Jedi. That doesn't mean I was unable."

Shrug.

She goes over the initial information on likely base defenses with Anathema (extensive) and on any knowledge about Force ghosts Lily has (very little).

"I'd like to get more information... Scouting, if nothing else. The problem here is that we don't want to advertise 'we need massive resources to throw at this because Vader,' but I can still get a lot just under 'investigating a weapon' and 'capitalizing on fresh information.'"

"My girls can do a lot of the scouting - especially since I can communicate with them through the Force, which won't be picked up on normal scanners. Though I'm unsure if Lord Poser could notice."

"Depends on how tightly it's targeted and if you're hiding it," Lily says, quietly. "And it's a lot easier to tell someone's talking than get who they're talking to, what they're saying, or where the communication's going."

"I can teach you how to hide people and all entirely, though. People who're trained and paying attention can get around it, but - it's kinda a competition, then. Their senses versus your hiding."

"I might be able to figure out where Master Anakin is, too, but - I can't feel her in my head and that's never happened before. So it'd take a lot of meditating."

"Well, sounds like we have a base to get more information from, at least."

"Ellaita, you're in the middle of this and more familiar with our capabilities - any thoughts?"

"Small team might be better for the actual extraction operation. We still don't have the resources to face the First Order head on, even if some of their stormtroopers are defecting. It'd be a good idea to see if we can spread that revolution, actually..."

"Most of my line's skipped out or will soon, but we were a minority of troopers - kinda specialized - and most aren't even following me this far... I can probably tap even the ones who aren't loyal to me for information on who else we can free."

"But, yeah, small teams can hit deeper - and if I'm along I can coordinate any distraction groups that include one of my girls."

"If we can get a confirmed location without giving ourselves away, we could coordinate multiple raids so they think we're just fishing."

She nods. "Lily, can you sense better when you're close? And do you know if you can sense through other people?"

"Sensing stuff is easier if I'm close, but I can't hop through other people."

Arguably not entirely true - Lily, if she was tied into whatever network Anathema's clones have, could probably peer through them. But Anathema's Force signature feels a lot like Master Anakin's and Lily kind of. Does not want to.

"If I'm in some of the scouting ships I can hide them better, though, and then I could look."

"Can you teach Anathema the hiding trick?"

"Probably? It's - really complicated, but if she already knows some of it..."

"I can make people less likely to pay attention to me."

"Yeah, that's pretty much the first step..."