Nobody is indispensable.
You needed a figurehead. He was it. Or am I wrong?
You are right. But then figureheads aren't too difficult to come by. Any idiot can be one.
Heh. On your feet, Vila. This could be your big moment.
Any idiot within reason, that is.
You going to tell us what we've got planned, Avon?
We know what we've got planned. Running away is what we've got planned.
A strategic withdrawal is what we've got planned.
There's a difference?
Oh, yes. A strategic withdrawal is running away -- but with dignity.
So lay in a course and let's get the dignified hell out of here.
That isn't the plan anymore, though, is it Avon?
I think we can do better.
Does that mean safer?
In the end, winning is the only safety.
It doesn't mean safer. I didn't think it would.
So what does it mean?
It means I think we can find ourselves another figurehead, someone we can use to unify and expand the Rebel Alliance.
Just like that.
More or less. He is strongly identified with rebels, you see, and very popular with rabbles. They will follow him, and he will fight to the last drop of their blood. [smiles] Idealism is a wonderful thing. All you really need is someone rational to put it to proper use.
Someone like you.
So where do we find this useable idealist?
According to Orac, he is on a frontier planet called Gauda Prime.
Gauda Prime?
You know it?
Yes, I know it. It's a bad place to be. No self-respecting idealist would be found dead there.
I imagine that is what HE is trying to avoid: being found dead anywhere.
Look, are you going to stop playing games and tell us who it is, Avon?
It's Blake, isn't it? You think you've found Blake.
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