I knew it was that bad and worse before she started fixing things, but I thought by this point they were mostly fixed with the main problems being incompetent idiots who hadn't been identified, not that things were still so bad she couldn't even fire someone who so obviously deserved that at a minimum.
The thing is? This is a Regulars unit. If it was a Lyran Guards unit or some such? It would be easier to drum the officer out of the service, but the Regulars have been a dumping ground for literal centuries at this point. Now, some of them are pretty good, but this particular unit is Regular/Questionable and has apparently been on the ass end of nowhere for decades.
Their issues have been known for a while, this is just the final straw, as it were.
Now, if Katrina’s auditors find that the training budget has been going into some officers’ pockets, that would be a different kettle of fish.
But shit-tier units like this that aren’t expected to see action is where you’d stick a Social General you can’t currently get rid of to keep them out of the way. So if it is just base incompetence, we’ll, congratulations! You got exactly what you expected.
And if they were too well connected to be done away with before, then they are probably still too well-connected to be done away with until you have finally gotten all the corruption rooted out. Which means making them commander of some post with a handful of infantrymen to count penguins somewhere.
It would mean that those responsible would never hold a combat command, though. They’re still drawing a salary, but they have no opportunities for advancement or glory. In that way, it is actually a worst punishment than simply firing them in disgrace would be. Disgrace is eventually forgotten, a daily reminder that you were such a fuck up that you have earned a punishment post from the Archon herself? That lasts a lot longer.