Thrawn takes it from her, turning it over in his hand while he studies it out of narrowed scarlet eyes. He smiles briefly, then rests it on the board as well.

"This is a piece called the queen. She can move in any way the other pieces move, forward and backward, but not the way the knight moves. She can take any number of squares at a time, again unlike the other pieces. Some would call her the most powerful piece on the board."