Admiral Kaine stood before them on a platform in the middle of the auditorium. In attendance were his top generals - the best remaining tacticians in humanity - and cameramen who were televising the meeting throughout the planet. Admiral Kaine smiled. "I'm sorry, but you two are acquiantances of the Empress, correct? Her bodyguard and a patrolman, yes?" He asked, motioning for Sally to birth the Empress. "I'm sorry, but ceremony dictates that you two be in attendance, and really, humanity needs a leader of my stature over the Empress. She was reigning when the Datelli were allowed in, you see." He said. Anyone who knew Kaeli royal procedure would know what was coming.