Syndic Mitth'raw'nuruodo's Household Phalanx

Syndic Mitth'raw'nuruodo's Household Phalanx, also known as Syndic Mitth'raw'nuruodo's household phalanx, Mitth'raw'nuruodo's household phalanx, Grand Admiral Thrawn's Household Phalanx, Thrawn's Household Phalanx, or simply Thrawn's Phalanx, was a Household Phalanx loyal to Syndic Mitth'raw'nuruodo, better known to the galaxy at large as the Imperial Grand Admiral Thrawn. In the words of one of its officers, it was a "renegade phalanx." although for at least part of its existence, it operated under the aegis of the Empire of the Hand.

Although a study prepared by the University of Sanbra in the final years of the New Republic described Thrawn's House Phalanx as a "portion of the CEDF," this seems to be a self-consciously euphemistic reference to the number of Chiss military personnel who had left their posts to join it, perhaps compounded by a lack of certainty on the author's part as to the true status of the phalanx. The scant available evidence suggests that a unit wearing the House colors of a Ruling Family should be operationally distinct from the black-clad troops of the CEDF, and the Sanbra study dryly notes that the personnel in the House Phalanx had "taken an extended leave" to deal with threats outside the borders of the Ascendancy, action that would have been regarded as "treason" and "secession" had the Ascendancy's leadership been capable of publicly admitting that it was occurring.

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