Kent Weis obtained the authority to use nuclear weapons.
By contrast, Tu Yuan, who had defended two of the Federal bases, recently found himself without any battles to direct.
On the Alien Planet battlefield, the two largest war zones were Scarred Gorge and Mountain of Gods; currently, both had commanders and were being fought without fault. The scale of other war zones was significantly smaller compared to those of base five and six, and likewise each had their commanders.
So, in a way, Tu Yuan actually found himself with idle time.
His duties still entailed the defense of base six and five, but the problem was that the Empire now clearly lacked the capability to launch another attack on these bases. Even if reinforcements were to be sent, they would only be to Scarred Gorge or Mountain of Gods.