[ Something that goes unsaid in the upper brass is that it's solitary.
In a way, it's strange. To be around so many people and yet have only the barest connections to them. With them. Hux has never been a firm believer in needing anyone else, aside from those who could prove to be useful. If he thinks about it hard enough, perhaps it comes from his training, from his father, from a multitude of places. Maybe it's been there the whole time. But, he knows that this is what has set him apart from the rest, has allowed him to step over others or use them as a kick off point to launch his own career. To follow his own ambitions. Others show loyalty to certain people or places or things.
Hux shows loyalty to the First Order and then himself.
After all, no one else was going to cheer him on towards gaining a throne. They'd all much rather take his place or if desperate enough, slit his throat. It is for this precise reason that he will go out of his way to scrutinize the ranks. Granted, the Stormtroopers are his and Phasma's realm, while Kylo Ren fucks off and does whatever it is he's set on. However, Hux likes to keep notes of the exemplary troopers. Their numbers are never written down but memorized and any time he has an escort anywhere, he keeps at least one close at hand.
This could be called favoritism but he sees it as necessary. Survival of the fittest– something drilled into him from the time he could understand spoken word. Of course this leads him to leaning on certain individuals more than others. Lately, his focus has been pinned, laser honed on TX-701. Hux remembers his name before the wash, of course, but Poe Dameron is no longer. The only thing that remains of the rebel pilot is his body and his skill. Even then, with the regulation of helmets being required in most spaces, no one will really see or recognize him. This works out quite well.
Though there's been a small downside to acquiring the pilot. It seems as though Hux is not the only one with his eye on him. Something that would normally go unnoticed amongst all the troopers on board, but has not escaped his particularly watchful gaze. He's caught Kylo Ren with 701; not inappropriately, naturally. Ren could be obnoxious but Hux doubts he's that much of an idiot. There's just a little more personal attention, which sours his mood. Kylo Ren is not barred from making use of the Stormtrooper ranks, though Hux much prefers any orders to be sent through himself or Phasma.
The two directly in charge, normally. Because of this course, he's stalking off to see Ren, coat laying heavy on his shoulders. It just so happens to be his luck that he finds TX-701 before he reaches the Force user. Clearly, the Universe is in agreement with his wants, as it should be. ]
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fight off the light tonight
Date: 2016-01-28 06:13 am (UTC)In a way, it's strange. To be around so many people and yet have only the barest connections to them. With them. Hux has never been a firm believer in needing anyone else, aside from those who could prove to be useful. If he thinks about it hard enough, perhaps it comes from his training, from his father, from a multitude of places. Maybe it's been there the whole time. But, he knows that this is what has set him apart from the rest, has allowed him to step over others or use them as a kick off point to launch his own career. To follow his own ambitions. Others show loyalty to certain people or places or things.
Hux shows loyalty to the First Order and then himself.
After all, no one else was going to cheer him on towards gaining a throne. They'd all much rather take his place or if desperate enough, slit his throat. It is for this precise reason that he will go out of his way to scrutinize the ranks. Granted, the Stormtroopers are his and Phasma's realm, while Kylo Ren fucks off and does whatever it is he's set on. However, Hux likes to keep notes of the exemplary troopers. Their numbers are never written down but memorized and any time he has an escort anywhere, he keeps at least one close at hand.
This could be called favoritism but he sees it as necessary. Survival of the fittest– something drilled into him from the time he could understand spoken word. Of course this leads him to leaning on certain individuals more than others. Lately, his focus has been pinned, laser honed on TX-701. Hux remembers his name before the wash, of course, but Poe Dameron is no longer. The only thing that remains of the rebel pilot is his body and his skill. Even then, with the regulation of helmets being required in most spaces, no one will really see or recognize him. This works out quite well.
Though there's been a small downside to acquiring the pilot. It seems as though Hux is not the only one with his eye on him. Something that would normally go unnoticed amongst all the troopers on board, but has not escaped his particularly watchful gaze. He's caught Kylo Ren with 701; not inappropriately, naturally. Ren could be obnoxious but Hux doubts he's that much of an idiot. There's just a little more personal attention, which sours his mood. Kylo Ren is not barred from making use of the Stormtrooper ranks, though Hux much prefers any orders to be sent through himself or Phasma.
The two directly in charge, normally. Because of this course, he's stalking off to see Ren, coat laying heavy on his shoulders. It just so happens to be his luck that he finds TX-701 before he reaches the Force user. Clearly, the Universe is in agreement with his wants, as it should be. ]
TX-701, a word, if you will.