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The meeting with the rest of the Battalion Commanders was mostly a rehash of the dinner conversation, with a few more details about the Derrax system added by the officers who had stayed to study it. 

The Rum disappeared before they arrived, as General Yaakov insisted that it was inappropriate to be drinking during a Command meeting, but from what Max could tell, it wouldn't have made a difference, as there wasn't much left when the bottle was put away. 

As the details about Derrax came out, the meeting devolved into general complaints about having to deal with a nation as poorly run and repressive as they were.  Only the intervention of Inquisitor Ming kept things on track.