I want to See Abigail on a Posting to a GSN ship.
Say a BC or CA with a larger wardroom and a Marine Component.
Perhaps one of those roles a Cmd track officer needs to full fill outside their core compency - i.e. not TAC.
So the Wardroom would be a mix of Grayson officers many of whom would not have served with a woman officer before. Some would have traditionalist views while others would assume family inflence. Others would be seeking family influence!
The villan- A Marine Officer (Grayson Army of course) who has sat out the war on Grayson doing staff and base jobs in one of the problem Steadholds and owes his rank and position to influence there. Now the War is "over" he's doing a marine shipboard assignment because he sees that his successful peers have all done one. Of course his arrogance only just exceeds his incompetance.
The Marines include a contingent from Owens's Steadhold.
The FirstOfficer may be a Protector's Own vet but the Captain is a typical over promoted GSN officer, capable but not exceptional.
How many times would Abigail have to pull the Marines out of the mess before they start to look to her instead of their own officer. How divided would the Wardroom get ....
What's Liutenant Gutierrez's Grayson Army rank - Steadholder Guard officers normally having a higher shadow rank in the Army. Of course he might not have one since he was a RMN Marine before joining the Owen's Steadholder Guard.
And given the Service to Manticore leading what should have been Marine operations perhaps Abigail might have a Manticore Marine rank as an honour by now.
Should mix up a good story anyway if somebody has the skills to write it.
(It's posted in public so I retain no rights).
