A somewhat subtle example in that Tolwyn always owns the orders he hands down to his subordinates in order to fulfill the orders he is given by his superiors.It was the only chance for escape and if the flagship had not moved then both ships would have been destroyed. He then tells Blair that his decision to ram the enemy flagship, which was blockading the jump point, was not a bluff. In another episode Tolwyn explains this problem to Blair.This leads to a Medal of Dishonor moment when Blair refuses a medal since he is outraged to learn he was used as bait on a suicide mission. So when he requests reinforcements for a major operation and is told they can't be spared, the cadets simply see him as a glory hound willing to sacrifice their lives to achieve his goals. Most of the cadets see him as an all-powerful flag officer who makes things happen by ordering them to be so, when in reality he is just as restricted by the orders his superiors hand him as the cadets are by his orders. This trope is also used to give Commodore Tolwyn some Character Development to balance against what we see of him in the games. Several episodes focus on the weight and responsibility of leading people in combat, and the certainty that some will die following your orders.Of course, they don't know that Tolwyn is himself dealing with a chain of command who refuse to give him reinforcements and who keep sending the Tiger's Claw into high-risk operations alone. Calling the Old Man Out: In the final scene of the series, towards Tolwyn, who everyone has come to see as a Blood Knight with a vendetta against Prince Thrakhath.The Brigadier: Commodore Tolwyn, also a Four-Star Badass.Almost universally results in them bickering, or on one occasion, Maniac getting tossed across the room by a woman who must have been half his size. Belligerent Sexual Tension: Maniac and Archer seem to make quite a few abortive attempts to get each other to open up.Badass Boast: Upon being informed during a briefing that they will be going up against a Kilrathi Dreadnought, which nobody in Confed has been able to defeat in combat yet, Maniac declares "If the Kilrathi can find a way to build it, we can find a way to blow it up!".Also inverted in the episode "The Chain of Command", where Tolwyn has Maverick stay aboard the Claw and supervise from the bridge while the rest of the fighter wing goes to fight the Kilrathi, in order to teach the cadet what it means to be in command, knowing that others might die following your orders.
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