Charles is one of the reasons we won the Battle of Fort Wichita. Not saying I couldn’t have led us to success, you know. But he did a good job stepping up when our squadron commander and second got killed. That victory brought us closer to the Peloran. The Peloran volunteered to take one squadron from each Western Alliance nation after the battle, to fly them off their warships. Integral to that offer was that each squadron would be fully upgraded with top line Peloran tech, and that we could transmit everything we learned while working with the Peloran back home. Including insights on making their tech work with our tech. The Peloran picked our squadron to represent America. That made Charles the commander of the most advanced American fighter squadron in space overnight. It was a mighty fine feather in his cap. Others wanted that feather, and never forgave him for getting it.