Hierarchy and discipline, Nezart.



Not bad ideas per se. Problem is that most institutions can't keep in mind the fact that they are means to an end, not the end itself. That if they ever realized the diference.



Of course, I know, the Empire is (by design) the caricature of a tyranny. However, if our point of view about that fictional Universe was a little less partial I am sure we would see the same kind of 'lapse' happening on Rebel's strongholds frequently enough. Better to assume your superior knows more than you about the situation_ and about the real mission_ than confront him in the field, I suppose. Probably that way to see things will win for your side more battles than it will loose, in the end of most days.