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Five Marines assembled in the large but oddly sparsely decorated office. It was a squarish room with a green-carpeted floor. Framed pictures of Robert Davis and Pyros Westwood hung on the bulkheads facing each other, sentinels observing the proceedings between them.
To one side was a cot with a blanket and pillow neatly folded. Next to it was a small cabinet. At the far end of the room, a large wooden desk was sited. Behind that desk sat one Rear Admiral Dominic Valken. Beside him stood his flag-captain, Valencia Ironside, wearing green earrings which matched her eyes and distracted Valken every few minutes.
"Sergeants Volkov and Sommerville, Marines Aubrey, Greer and Stenton." Valken knew exactly who they were. He had, after all, summoned them for an express purpose. He sat with fingers intertwined, his narrowed eyes glaring out from under the pristine blue peaked cap.
"Four of you are here because you disobeyed my orders. Sergeant Volkov is here because she is your squad leader. She may have perspective I lack." The inflection made it clear that Valken doubted it but her absence was necessary if the possibility existed. Hence why she was at this informal hearing.
"Captain Ironside is here as witness." She was also the ultimate authority on the ship so it would very impolite to keep her out of the loop.
"The purpose of this hearing is to determine your justification of why you think you only need to follow certain orders. Not to assess the mission's outcome, regardless of how it may or may not factor into the end result. I specifically ordered you not to load or use anti-matter weaponry. Greer, Sommerville and Stenton used BOLTs. Aubrey used GREEN antimatter shells. So tell me, individually, why you think this legal order should not have been obeyed?" The Rear Admiral's tone was even and calm but reproachful. Valken, himself, thought he was being fairly mild considering he could not find a legal reason to disobey the order.
He further noted that Private Bernhard Greer had his left arm cast in a sling and Private Sawyer Aubrey in a wheelchair. "Let's start, Yamataian-style, seniority first," Valken looked and gestured towards Staff Sergeant Cedric Sommerville
To one side was a cot with a blanket and pillow neatly folded. Next to it was a small cabinet. At the far end of the room, a large wooden desk was sited. Behind that desk sat one Rear Admiral Dominic Valken. Beside him stood his flag-captain, Valencia Ironside, wearing green earrings which matched her eyes and distracted Valken every few minutes.
"Sergeants Volkov and Sommerville, Marines Aubrey, Greer and Stenton." Valken knew exactly who they were. He had, after all, summoned them for an express purpose. He sat with fingers intertwined, his narrowed eyes glaring out from under the pristine blue peaked cap.
"Four of you are here because you disobeyed my orders. Sergeant Volkov is here because she is your squad leader. She may have perspective I lack." The inflection made it clear that Valken doubted it but her absence was necessary if the possibility existed. Hence why she was at this informal hearing.
"Captain Ironside is here as witness." She was also the ultimate authority on the ship so it would very impolite to keep her out of the loop.
"The purpose of this hearing is to determine your justification of why you think you only need to follow certain orders. Not to assess the mission's outcome, regardless of how it may or may not factor into the end result. I specifically ordered you not to load or use anti-matter weaponry. Greer, Sommerville and Stenton used BOLTs. Aubrey used GREEN antimatter shells. So tell me, individually, why you think this legal order should not have been obeyed?" The Rear Admiral's tone was even and calm but reproachful. Valken, himself, thought he was being fairly mild considering he could not find a legal reason to disobey the order.
He further noted that Private Bernhard Greer had his left arm cast in a sling and Private Sawyer Aubrey in a wheelchair. "Let's start, Yamataian-style, seniority first," Valken looked and gestured towards Staff Sergeant Cedric Sommerville