Orman Tagge was unwilling to accept this. He had the pilot fly his Consular-class cruiser around Tarkin's battle station several times.
Behind his specially made glasses, his scarred eyes trembled constantly.
He had to make a decision: give up command of the Death Star in exchange for Wilhuff Tarkin's support, or face this most favored man at His Majesty the Emperor's side head-on.
He had to think carefully, because too many conflicting interests were entangled behind this.
As Governor of the Galactic Empire Fourth Army, Wilhuff Tarkin wielded immense power, and the Tarkinism he had proposed was regarded by His Majesty the Emperor as a guiding principle.
During several political storms, His Majesty the Emperor had stood firmly by Wilhuff Tarkin's side. Back when he had been Governor of the Eighteenth Army and had suffered crushing losses at the hands of the Kingdom of Dawn, not only had he escaped punishment, he had instead risen in one leap to become Governor of the Fourth Army. He had gone directly from a fringe legion guarding the frontier to a core legion protecting the Core Worlds!
Moreover, when Fondor Planet fell, Wilhuff Tarkin, who had originally been assigned to provide reinforcements, had remained still and received no punishment whatsoever. Given Orman Tagge's status, he knew about the war in the Eastern Territory and the destruction of The Eye of Palpatine. Yet despite such a massive blunder, Wilhuff Tarkin remained as steady as a mountain!
Orman Tagge had never wanted to confront someone like that head-on.
In his original political plans, he should have won Wilhuff Tarkin over and joined forces with him against Darth Vader. After all, the traditional military-political faction represented by Wilhuff Tarkin had no fundamental conflict of interest with him. Furthermore, the Cutting-Edge Technology Alliance, which provided technical support,