Maybe they'd benefited from Annie's influence. After the battle squad Wang Qing, the new medic, had belonged to returned to base, they ultimately faced no real punishment—even though they had changed their retreat route without authorization, resulting in the deaths of five recruits, and had only been rescued because the commander herself piloted a Viking.
Still, while they weren't punished, the squad was disbanded by their superiors as soon as they returned and filed their report. Unlike the other squads, they weren't formed into a permanent combat unit and assigned to a new battle legion.
As for where everyone ended up, Wang Qing—the woman who could easily be called the chief culprit—of course had no idea. She'd been blaming herself terribly ever since, weighed down by deep remorse and guilt.
But whether she blamed herself or regretted what she'd done, now clearly wasn't the time for it.
With the military situation urgent, she received a new assignment first thing the next morning. The notice said that she, a medic, had been assigned to a new recruit combat team, and that she needed to integrate with her new team as soon as possible so they'd be ready to carry out a mission at any time in the future.
Already feeling deeply guilty and remorseful, Wang Qing didn't dare dawdle. She quickly pulled herself together and soon met her new teammates in a training room at one of the base's barracks.
"Good! Everyone's on time!"
"Is everyone here?"
"Then let's skip the small talk and introduce ourselves!"
"My name's A-Wen. I used to be a lieutenant in the Guxu City garrison legion of the planetary forces. I'm also a low-level Psyker."
"That's right, I'm a Psyker. I didn't go insane during the Cataclysm. As for why, you'll have to ask those Warp