The personnel adjustments were not just aimed at Luke. In the following days, Hudson continued to reposition the management layer whose loyalty couldn't be confirmed, under various pretexts.
To minimize internal strife, all these personnel adjustments were blanketed under a "Halo of Prominence".
All who had dutifully served during their tenure were successively promoted and handed more "significant" responsibilities.
Hudson found it incredulous that many of these people with unclear origins, suspected spies, even outperformed many of the "insiders".
Indeed, except for the lack of loyalty, they were excellent workers. So much so that when Hudson wanted to cleanse their ranks, he hesitated to act directly.
To try and maximize everyone's talents, this large-scale personnel adjustment primarily involved relocating them to manage newly acquired territories.
