[quote=@GhostReaper]
So I feel like i should point out that one wouldn't get demoted to warrant officer...A warrant officer is usually an Enlisted who climbed the ranks and was made an officer by a "warrant" not commission. They are technical  specialist in there fields. So they are between commissioned officers and Enlisted. So if she was always an officer she would be a commissioned officer, and would be demoted down into a commissioned officer rank. Sorry I'm Ex-military so that was kind of bugging me. Rant is over XD
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Saffron was stripped of her commission after striking a superior officer, but rather than being demobilised she was instead given a warrant as a non-commissioned officer at the urging of her psychiatrist, who believed that her skills warranted keeping her within the military. 

Her psychiatrist was also the one who recommended Saf for the SABRE programme, as she believed the small unit synergy would help Saf overcome her developing inferiority and persecution complexes. That's one of the reasons she's so concerned with the chain of command by the way, she sees it as another example of others trying to ostracise her.