Cassio Tagge

Cassio Tagge was a high-ranking human male officer during the reign of the Galactic Empire. Born into the wealthy and powerful Tagge family of Tepasi, Tagge held the position of Chief of the Imperial Army; serving on the Joint Chiefs of the Imperial Military, he had access to the upper-levels of the Imperial Palace. In the early stages of the Galactic Civil War, Tagge served as General and opposed the efforts of Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin and Admiral of the Fleet Conan Antonio Motti to base Imperial military policy around the DS-1 Death Star Mobile Battle Station superweapon, for which he served as chief of military operations.

Prior to the Battle of Yavin, Tagge was elevated to the rank of Grand General by Emperor Sheev Palpatine and therefore escaped the destruction of the battle station. As the new supreme commander of the Imperial military, he relied on systems analysis and attempted to reorient Imperial strategy to rely on numerical superiority. Despite success in anti-piracy operations, his tenure was marked by his acrimonious relationship with Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith—causing Tagge to increasingly rely on the cyberneticist Cylo as his enforcer. However, Cylo's betrayal caused the Emperor to lose faith in Tagge, leading to his demotion and, soon after, his execution by Vader.

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