Sampath called his father while Payal was talking to the higher brass.
He is the youngest brigadier here, and unlike Vikram, he has come up to this position on his own. If nothing else, his ability to recognize opportunities is top notch.
If Payal thinks Vikram is some kind of top-gun, then he must get it into his pockets. The other Brigadier's squirmed to work under a woman, but Sampath had no such compunctions. After all, he was born in the era of woman equality, and if nothing else, the girls around him are far too capable for him to underestimate the fairer sex.
Right now, he had a lot of rumors, and few facts. The rumors said Payal is a secret black operative.
The fact he has seen is: The agents under her have zero casualties, at the same time, their combined fire power is equivalent to one to hundred, as far as it's converted to ground troops.
Payal has hundred such operatives under her, loyal to none but her.