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[Star Wars] Are Star Destroyer second in commands allowed to make major urgent decisions while the captain is asleep?

Say a nearby system is under Rebel attack and the captain is asleep. Can the awake senior officer order hypering to the battle and start engagement while captain is woken up and briefed on the situation? This would save Imperial lives/limit damage and increase chance of catching Rebel Scum before they hyper away after the raid.
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Any military worth its salt allows subordinates some leeway in making decisions; however, in this scenario the very first action the officer of the deck (or whatever they call it) will take is to wake up the captain via phone or runner, and if possible get his guidance and intent. In the intervening minutes until the commander arrives on the bridge, said officer of the deck would take "appropriate action in the absence of orders" such as sounding the general quarters alarm, radioing nearby commands, etc.