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By Grishnov, who as Minister of Political Education would be the logical person to be giving secret orders to the Political Officer of the Komarran Conquest. While Grishnov had likely not formalized his alliance with Crown Prince Serg by that time, he would be able to see even that far back that Admiral Vorkosigan would be his greatest rival for power among the men of his own generation. An Admiral Vorkosigan with an ''unblemished'' reputation as the conqueror of Komarr would have been an unassailable hero-saint to try and work against. By ordering the Massacre Grishnov simultaneously taints the most prestigious accomplishment of his future rival with a truly blashphemous scandal, heand also guarantees that Komarr will forever be a source of political unrest and strife... thus creating a 'permanent emergency' granting more power and authority to the officials in charge of the Empire's internal security agencies, of which Grishnov is among the foremost.