When Hux receives command of the Finalizer the first thing he does is obtain a cat. Why? Not because he desperately needs a fuzzy comfort object but because at his level he is not only allowed but *expected* to have some oddity and *this is his smoke screen*.
Hux: crack: Milicent is a cat. It is also a smoke screen to what Hux is really up to
What is he really up to?