Tarkin reassigned Daala to his personal staff in the Outer Rim, and under his supervision, she became a
commander, then a
captain. She absorbed all that Tarkin taught her and came to analyze every situation in terms of how Tarkin might respond to it.
[14] Tarkin eventually promoted Daala to the rank of
admiral in an unofficial act outside of
Coruscant's naval hierarchy that was nevertheless legitimate among Tarkin's forces in the Outer Rim,
[2] making her one of the only females to reach the rank in the Imperial Navy;
[14] in later years, her
rank badge would come to represent the rank of Grand Moff.
[15]