no one seems to be replying so ill just say it, pali knew about the yuuzhan vong invasion, he used it to convincce thrawn to distroy outbound flight, thrawn also knew as so he allied himself, with pali, but insured isolation, and so he never got to know pali for what he was. could it be that the true purpose for the militerisation of republic, and eventually the empire, was to fend off the yuuzhan vong, if soo, he doesnt seem like that bad of a guy after all, cause its something that needed to be done.