So, who's the first Chiss to just deck Ronan?
contrary to what you might think, it actually took quite a while for the first decking to happen! chiss in the CEDF have been trained in the art of patience, and if you’re stationed on the long, grueling days of the steadfast in dark mode, you learn patience very fast.
while Eli was seen as a funny little alien man in a chiss uniform in most cases, his work with the imperials during their time working with thrawn earned him quite a bit of respect. ronan, on the other hand, was looked at with barely concealed contempt. eli was in charge of teaching him cheunh, and had to listen to him complain and complain and COMPLAIN.
when eli brought up ronan’s behavior with aralani, she told him that he should deal with him the proper chiss way.
so one day on the training mats, eli had enough of Ronan’s attitude. in the middle of a long-winded rant about how the chiss defense force was inferior to the imperial navy in every way down to their commander, eli took his chance and absolutely decked him in the middle of the training mat in front of all of their colleagues.
while ronan caught his breath, Eli told him that imperial rules didn’t apply here, and that he’d better watch his mouth unless he wanted Aralani or some other chiss doing the same thing to him.
from then on out, ronan watched his mouth and his back, and actually became a reluctant but productive member of the Steadfast’s crew. :)