A possible front runner in the First Orders power vacuum for new leadership. Seen as a stubborn malcontent, even in his early days in the Imperial Navy, people have now started turning to him as a leader after the standard doctrine and conventional wisdom have only led to increased failures. Zaign's alternative strategy, quickly becoming known as the Zaign Doctrine, is a heavy critique of the past half century of thinking in both the Empire and The First Order. Specifically, Zaign has dared to label the Death Star projects, often seen as the crowning achievements, as failures. His call for a radical new way of thinking is finally being heard as both officers, soldiers, and loyal citizens, begin to wonder how the strongest force in the galaxy's history can be so swiftly, and so routinely defeated.