The meeting lasted for two hours.
After Saint Tusa had acquainted himself with the other two ace pilots of the expeditionary fleet, he sat down and listened as the various leaders of the expeditionary fleet explained the current circumstances to the newcomer.
The leaders not only gave Tusa a greater understanding of the current and future state of the expeditionary fleet, but also gave him a very thorough briefing on the upcoming major operation.
This was privileged information that expert pilots usually never received in advance!
The fact that this gathering felt it was not only worthwhile, but necessary to clue Tusa in was a reflection of his profound change of status.
Ace pilots were no longer ordinary grunts anymore. They had truly risen to the upper echelons of the hierarchy. It could even be argued that their voice was greater than that of the nominal leaders!
