Cortez was more or less alone with the sail raising team.  If something had gone wrong there though, would not the sails have failed to deploy?<br/><br/>No way to know now of course until we actually see Cortez ourselves.<br/><br/>Main point is, Tarsus had no orders not to obey Cortez... just not to let him back on the bridge without one of us.  And he may not even obey that order... Cortez didn't back us up when Baromir made it.