The female protagonist doesn’t want to serve the emperor. But she’s almost accepting to join the First Order, which is directly subordinate to the emperor?
Stay in the most distant order possible, become an instructor, a knight errant, or a member of a private army; even fleeing to another kingdom or becoming a mercenary makes more sense than accepting to join the First Order.
The female protagonist doesn’t want to serve the emperor. But she’s almost accepting to join the First Order, which is directly subordinate to the emperor?
Stay in the most distant order possible, become an instructor, a knight errant, or a member of a private army; even fleeing to another kingdom or becoming a mercenary makes more sense than accepting to join the First Order.