Colonel Fina Lee was still an operative in the Publicity Department, which answered directly to the Defense Committee. After all, with her current fame, as long as she remained with the Defense Committee, she was the finest publicity material they could ask for.
Of course, considering she was the first Earthling ever to win the Yagami Award, her current rank was what they called a Special First-Class Operative, with the benefits of a full colonel. She also held posts in both the Military Orders Bureau and the General Staff, officially serving as assistant operations adviser for the Far Shore Theater—in other words, as an aide-de-camp.
So, as an accomplished filmmaker and a conscientious young war correspondent, she had naturally become the aide to the youngest general in the Commonwealth's active-duty forces.
She had applied for the post herself. It was said she had even turned down the general's star the Defense Committee had prepared to award her.
But after graduating, Director Fina had spent half her time making movies and the other half making documentaries. The occasional frontline report she filed seemed more like something she'd put together in her spare time. In every respect, she seemed more like a well-trained artist than a proper officer.
Even as the top graduate of the Tiger Tally program, she would have a hard time proving she could handle the important work of an aide-de-camp. And this was the Far Shore Theater, one of the most important operational posts of all.
It was said that a senior personnel officer in the Defense Committee had voiced such concerns. As for the fact that Colonel Fina Lee had briefly served as Yu Lian's aide during the War of Judgment, the old men all figured it was obvious: the young general had been trying to pad