- "The projectors are powering up to high gain, Governor Tarkin. The field will be initiated, then disabled, in an effort to keep from dragging vessels other than the quarry from hyperspace. I should caution, however, that that may be unavoidable, given the heavy traffic in this system."
"I understand, Commander. Order your technicians to be judicious, nonetheless."
"I will, sir. But the power setting of the gravity wells is dictated to some extent by the relative speed of the targeted ship, and, well, sir, to be blunt about it, there aren't many as fast as the Carrion Spike." - ―The task force liaison officer, from abroad a CC-7700 frigate, and Wilhuff Tarkin
In 14 BBY,[2] an Imperial officer served as a liaison officer for Moff Wilhuff Tarkin's task force during its ambush of the Carrion Spike. During that incident, the officer was stationed on the force's CC-7700 frigate.[1]
Behind the scenes
The officer first appeared in James Luceno's 2014 novel Tarkin.[1]