Alia berättade för Sardaukar hennes identitet när hon lovade "själv att fångas, och Sardaukar förmodligen berättade för kejsaren när de gav sitt berättelse om slaget.
“Unfortunately,” the Emperor said, “I only sent in five troop carriers with a light attack force to pick up prisoners for questioning. We barely got away with three prisoners and one carrier. Mind you, Baron, my Sardaukar were almost overwhelmed by a force composed mostly of women, children, and old men. This child here was in command of one of the attacking groups.”
“You see, Your Majesty!” the Baron said. “You see how they are!”
“I allowed myself to be captured,” the child said. “I did not want to face my brother and have to tell him that his son had been killed.”
Sardaukar hävdade barnet Alia hade kommandot ett antal Fremen-fighters och erkände att Alia var en viktig nog fånge som skulle tas ombord på (väldigt få) farkoster som lyckades fly från slaget.