[@Lady Selune][@Rithy] Continuing that train of thought, I'm now tempted to have Dale be a Texan Commissar. A few problems with that, however: the most junior Commissar rank is typically Cadet-Commissar, who function in units of up to twenty under a veteran Commissar's command, thus nullifying the position's importance; full Commissars could in theory be around 18 or 19 years old, but in practice are generally substantially older than that for obvious reasons; it's technically allowable for Commissars to overrule and even execute a squad's commanding officer, something that's ideally avoidable for the sake of GM control; and Commissars generally come from the Schola Progenium, for which entry requires your parents to have both died in service to the Imperium, which puts a damper on the whole "son of the Dimmadome line" joke I was going for. Although I suppose that could work in its own right... maybe. I'll probably just stick with him being a normal Texan fighter in some form or another.