Marg Sabl

A Marg Sabl was a tactical maneuver used in naval warfare. It was a variant of the Fake. Its name derived from a Togrutan flower that opened its petals in a sunburst shape every morning. The tactic called for a warship to turn its hangar bay away from its current enemy, allowing for its starfighters to be launched unseen and prepare for attack. During the Clone Wars, Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano invented the maneuver at the Battle of Ryloth against a Separatist blockade. Sometime after Tano left the Jedi Order, Padmé Amidala informed Thrawn of the maneuver during their time on Mokivj after Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, Tano's former master, used the term as a figure of speech. During his time in the Imperial Navy, the Marg Sabl became one of Thrawn's most well-known maneuvers, who by then had become a Grand Admiral. Thrawn's protégée Karyn Faro also utilized the tactic as she, the Chimaera and Thrawn prepared to arrest Grand Admiral Balanhai Savit on accounts of treason.

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