Persephone interrupted, "It has been almost twenty-three years now."
Samson nodded and continued, "The Guard has to have a leader that is in communication or the next highest ranking Guardsman moves up temporarily until communications is reestablished. That successor led the mission to locate survivors. Once the attack was confirmed as catastrophic, the rank stuck. Since then we have only had the one!"
"So, who the hell is that, Sir?!"
"Bryce, I can't believe you survived as dumb as you are! He is semi-retired from the Guard, but never transitioned out of the rank. We don't bother calling him High Commander because the title is irrelevant to him in his current position. The last High Commander is Phyllip Chroynos! He has been and still is High Commander of the Guard for over two
