The Orchid is understood to be so furious with Knobhead for letting the Argon 7SS kill a potential defector and destroy 2 Ferret UCVs she has demoted Knobhead already even before he arrived back at GHQ to explain himself. The Orchid conducted a tense debriefing over a video link and then demoted Knobhead to Colonel and has placed him in charge of the DDS Reserve Fleet.
Sea Urchin has been made the new head of DDS South with Caratore promoted to General to replace Urchin as head of DDS Centre. It is thought The Orchid has been waiting for an opportunity to demote Knobhead since he stood against her in the Commander election. Firefly has finally accepted a job in the new New DDS, he will command the 1st Attack Flotilla though he will also serve aboard DDS Protector Windscorpion's personal ship.
