The current situation of Starfire

[Eboreg]

I was thinking recently and noticed that Starfire had a crippling shortage of management. Their commander is MIA as far as they're concerned and the power behind the throne has been soundly whipped into line. I just wonder what's going to happen now that their is virtually no command.

[Tapewolf]

We don't really catch up with them until late in the story, but the short version is that Ashford was in charge of a branch office not the entire organisation.  That branch now has a deputy from somewhere else stepping in as interim commander.

[ChaosMageX]

We don't really catch up with them until late in the story, but the short version is that Ashford was in charge of a branch office not the entire organisation.  That branch now has a deputy from somewhere else stepping in as interim commander.

Ah, so that explains it.  Still, given the nature of their organization, I can't help but wonder how often stuff like this happens, with non-field commanders getting killed in the line of espionage fire.