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>Debrief your men first. It’s important they hear from you a full assessment of the situation.
As Beck walks off, you head to the command tent. From there you can call all the officers and NCOs of the battalion together to do a post-battle debrief. You won’t be speaking in front of all the men, since that’s impractical and the average trooper doesn’t need to know the fine details of tactics or how it went in the battle. It’ll filter down to them anyway when all the officers present debrief their own men.
When you enter the tent you turn the holotable on, and bring up a display of the battle with all the units involved. You look at it a moment as you run through what you’re going to say. Overall, it was an adequate performance for their first battle, but that friendly fire incident was a serious blunder, the kind that would require a court-martial and full review of the battalion, if one could be held. With all that’s happening there won’t be one, not for a while, but you know you’re going to have to address it. Shaking your head, you open the command channel.
>Commander Sulla to all officers. Assemble at the command tent as soon as possible, for the post-battle debrief.
Over the next few minutes the officers come in, Joyce, Loge, Goto, Boxer, and their lieutenants, before Beck’s men and Beck himself come in last. You nod to him.
>How are the preparations for salvage coming along?
“Well enough, but my men are doubtful that there’ll be anything left that’s useful. That artillery is devastating stuff, and those droids are cheap work at best, not built to last. Still, we’ll try.”
>Thank you. That’s all I need.
Straightening up, you look at all the men assembled in the room. All their faces so similar, but with slight differences between them; different hair, tattoos, even the expression on their faces. You’re all clones of the same man, but something you’ve come to realise over your years in combat is that each of you is his own person. Similar, but unique. Which makes the loss of troopers all the more painful.
Shaking off your musings, you clear your throat.
