Who's to BLAME For Ferrix? ANDOR THEORY

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The Andor Finale was nothing short of a disaster, at least from an imperial perspective. You can be sure that after the riot that went down on Ferrix, someone’s head is going to be placed on a chopping block but the question is who will it be? And is that person really to blame for what went down.


The easiest person to blame for the absolute mess that went down on Rix Road would probably be Dedra. Afterall, she was the leader of the operation and the commanding officer. So if anyone would be held directly responsible it would probably be her. And if you take a look at how she conducted the entire operation, she did make some really questionable decisions. For the most part she got it right. She chose to keep the imperial presence light during the funeral, and specifically instructed for there to be no snipers on the roof in order to make sure that they wouldn’t spook Cassian. To lure him into a false sense of security and then spring the trap on him. All of which makes quite a bit of sense. What she also got right was to try to and keep the Imperial search for Cassian quiet, not wanting to alert the locals that the imperials were after someone. Possibly even trying to avoid provoking them to aid or help Cassian. So a covert operation as the funeral was being carried out was definitely the right choice.


However, she also made a lot of questionable decisions. By issuing orders for a light imperial presence at the funeral to not spook Cassian, she also potentially sacrificed the security of the HQ, and also lower the chances of someone spotting Cassian. Sure you don’t want to spook the local people with a massive rollout, but at the very least she could have at least placed a few soldiers in plain clothing, and scatter them throughout the crowd. Using only scouts on the roof and a few guards at the Imperial HQ isn’t a very effective strategy to catch someone in hiding. Had she decided to place more operatives throughout the crowd, they might have had a better chance of spotting Cassian. Now granted they probably wouldn’t have found anything since Cassian spent most of his time hiding in the door, but Dedra and the imperials didn’t really know that. At least not at first. So it was quite questionable as to why this wasn’t done, especially if you work for the ISB which is effectively the Empire’s secret police. You would think that they would have the knowledge and technical know-how to execute this sort of operation properly.


The second and possibly the biggest mistake I think Dedra made was deciding to go and find Cassian herself. While she is an ISB officer, it's pretty clear that as the riot erupted that she had very little combat experience. She is more of a desk officer than a field officer. So really it's kinda questionable as to why she wanted to find Cassian personally. Not only did she lack the necessary skills, and experience, I would argue that her decision to do so actually might have slowed down the efficiency of the operation. Instead, what she should have done is pick out a few highly trained soldiers to infiltrate the building Cassian was in, or even go door to door to flush him out. If I was her, I would probably have picked out a squad of death troopers or even use Attendant Corv as the mission leader, step back and let them do their job. Her walking around with her white coat really just sticks out like a sore thumb. Not to mention Dedra is the person that oversees the entire operation, she’s the person who makes all the decisions and needs to react accordingly. Executing an extraction mission should have been handed over to well trained and well equipped units like the Death Troopers or Stormtroopers. Afterall, that’s what they are trained to do...