From Port Lockhart:
The Imperial Navy maintains several facilities in the sector, collectively referred to as the Askellon Station Command... Many of its officers come from other sectors, often as punishment. Invariably, they have sufficient family connections to avoid more severe, perhaps even lethal censure, but have committed some sin so dire that some form of punishment nonetheless had to be imposed. These range from strutting martinets to borderline madmen. Some insist on exercising the full range of command responsibility, while others are only concerned that the mess room silverware is kept polished to an impossibly high standard.