Technically Hyarmenion saw himself as something entirely different from Rubii. Being that she was Co-Commander, he saw her as holding a title that placed her outside of the normal chain of command. Therefore, he didn't even try to figure where he fit in when compared to her in turn.<br/><br/>To be honest, he didn't want to have to think of anyone else as above or below him in order to avoid the headaches that came along with it.<br/><br/>Then, however, came a request for him to provide ships and it looked like if he had rejected he would have been turning down someone who was a superior officer.<br/><br/>At first, Hyarmenion sighed since he didn't quite like the concept of military politics like this, and ultimately resigned himself to being totally honest.<br/><br/>"Well, we don't really have enough as it is. I wish there were time to commission additional ones." Eventually he paused what he was saying and started to develop an idea.<br/><br/>"Do either of you have any clue as to where there is a number of the enemy's vessels in good shape? We could engage them in boarding actions, as I had proposed before and take several, then have them repaired and re-crewed. That would allow us to expand our own forces, as long as we have plenty of personnel with which to do it."<br/><br/>As they spoke, he took everything they were saying very carefully, but interestingly enough he didn't seem overly concerned with the fact that she practiced the dark arts. For the time being, he looked down at the map, apparently thinking over what she said about using necromancy if they needed more men. It would have fit with the new concept well when it came to the ships, he felt.<br/><br/>"What were to happen if you just accepted it and fell completely into the dark?" The strategy officer decided to ask straight out, because he knew well that black magic might have been extremely dangerous, but it could have certainly assured much more of a victory than they had at the moment.<br/><br/>Finally having listened to the rest of her proposal, even if he had elected to follow through on a completely different part of it, the Strategy Officer eventually did nod in order to provide confirmation, though there were a number of questions that he had which were still unanswered for this particular point in time. Nevertheless, he didn't feel it necessary to push the issue.