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"This bickering is pointless!"
―Grand Moff Tarkin[2]

A special and secure conference room[4] was located on the officer's deck[5] of the Overbridge of the Death Star battle station. Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin held regular meetings with his senior staff in that room.[4] It contained a polished black table, around which twelve seats were arranged. Drinks in cups were provided for each attendant.[2]

Tarkin held a meeting there announcing that the Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine had just disbanded the Imperial Senate.[2] Imperial officers present at the meeting included ISB Colonel Wullf Yularen, General Hurst Romodi, General Trech Molock, Chief of the Imperial Navy Admiral Conan Antonio Motti, Chief of the Imperial Army General Cassio Tagge, Chief Siward Cass[6] and General Moradmin Bast. Dark Lord of the Sith and Emperor's Fist Darth Vader, was also present.[7] Like the rest of the station, the conference room was destroyed during the Battle of Yavin.[2]

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Security[]

There was a high level of security around the conference room. Four security points, demanding increasing security clearance, had to be passed in order to reach the room from general areas of the space station. The room itself was constantly guarded regardless of whether it was in use or not. Two Death Star troopers remained in the room, flanking the entrance during meetings, which also acted as a quiet reminder to delegates of the Imperial authority in the battle station. One reason for the high level of security was that the Empire was fearful of surveillance infiltration by the Rebels. Another more obvious reason was the fact that high level Imperials would meet in the conference room which made it an obvious target for Rebel spies to plant a bomb or perform a suicide attack.

Room interior[]

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Holoprojector.

The room had gray, metallic walls and a polished black circular table that gave it a menacing look that reflected the strength and ruthless ambition of the Empire. The table, in the center of the room, had twelve seats arranged around it.

During the conference immediately following the capture of Princess Leia Orgagna, only nine of these seats were occupied, as one belonged to Director Orson Callan Krennic who was killed during the Battle of Scarif.[6]

Although the table was round the seating arrangement had a distinct hierarchy. One of the chairs around the table had an extended back and was occupied by the most senior Imperial official present for the meeting. During the period before the Battle of Yavin, Grand Moff Tarkin held this position. The officers next in the chain of command would sit on either side of this chair, and the most junior of attendees would sit opposite. When Darth Vader attended meetings held in the conference room, he would rarely take a seat at the table, preferring to hover menacingly around the backs of the other delegates.

There were computer terminals installed at each position on the table that were linked to the Death Star central command computers. In the center of the table was a highly polished holoprojector that was operated through the computer terminals. It could be used to display three-dimensional models of potential targets, as well as providing holographic tactical readouts for evaluations by Tarkin and the various Imperial strategists within the Imperial Military.

Notable users[]

Following the Battle of Scarif and before the Battle of Yavin, the Death Star's conference room was used by the Joint Chiefs of staff and other high-ranking members of the Galactic Empire. These included Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, Emperor's Fist Darth Vader, Chief of the Imperial Army General Cassio Tagge, Chief of the Imperial Navy and Admiral of the Fleet Conan Antonio Motti, General and Chief Moradmin Bast, Imperial Security Bureau Colonel Wullf Yularen, General Trech Molock, General Hurst Romodi, Director of Advanced Weapons Research Orson Callan Krennic,[6] and Chief Siward Cass. Death Star Troopers provided security for the conference room.[2]

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