"Command answers to me, like anyone else on this ship," Yavek says with a sniff. "A military structure needs a single localized force of power, rather than being spread through these many departments. I've seen your farce of a constitution. It's pathetic."

Subtlety, Yavek has none.

"Go, talk sense to them, then. Control your civilians, Councillor."

He gestures at Ildraniath with a toss of his head, but she is pointedly ignored.