"Oh, no, our illustruous Sorventia family does not hold the planet of Sorventia-Carin as its personal property. If I recall accurately, the world of Sorventia-Carin owes its name to the fact that it was the Imperial Sorventia Holding Group and the Carin Mining Company that invested in the terraformation and mineral extraction industries of this historically recent colony"

Livia Crystallia Petra Ignia Sorventia Nilium was a member of the financially titanic Sorventia family. Unlike those here, her wealth allowed her an easier route in her studies. She was quite odd for a top military official: she loved fashion and was accustomed to an aristocratic way of life. If the girlish, elite stereotype was to hold true in her life, she would have been anything other than a Grand General.

And that's because she was never meant to be an army officer in the first place.

Her love for military strategy was an acquired taste. She had a boyfriend who wished to study as a commissioned army officer in her late teens, but he died before he could fulfill his dream. In honour of her first love, she took his place, enrolling in the Imperial Academy's Army Academy. When she coursed her studies there, Livia grew fond of military strategy and was top of her class. As the Ryccian Empire only required intelligence from its officers, there was not a martial culture widespread amongst the officer corps. Sure, some officers, mainly those who had been promoted from NCOs, did hold true to this stereotype, but, especially for those who had only studied in military academies and had joined the military as COs, their job was to lead armies and fleets, not be like them. As long as they performed well, the Ryccian Empire could not care less about martial discipline nor about their personality, just that they operated effectively.

"Say, I am curious: you are a rather martial people, if I recall accurately. Do Stoinian military academies demand any physical or martial activities from their would-be officers?"