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Tsilber wrote:

Gilly was to stern, and driven by meticulous scenarios, a few books, including The unremembered empire, sight him as being to straight and narrow, and hence almost misses things. Such as the Alpha Legion assassin squad.

It is to his credit that he spotted them before they could pull the trigger. Also, he made a calculated decision that eschewing guards and weapons in his office would be a sign of confidence and help to boost morale across Imperium Secundus. The Alphas of course tried to turn it against him but fell into the "close but no cigar" category.