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Stiletto:
Any thoughts on why Grimm was forced out of the military? It's obvious he's no coward. But he won't refute the rumors or even discuss the situation. He also won't criticize Rook. Maybe he took the fall for Rook, to protect Bayard?

Second Aristh:
We know that all three of them were lieutenants on the Perilous and that the captain was killed while his executive officer was beaten into a coma.  My guess is that the captain was going to make a tremendously stupid decision based on some unknown outside influence and the three lieutenants stopped him and his second in command.  One of them had to take the blame for taking down the captain while the other two got the credit for saving the ship.

DFJunkie:
I'd refine the theory a bit.  Grimm was drummed out for cowardice, not murder, so my guess is that the captain was killed by legitimate enemy action, the first officer was the coward, the three lieutenants (technically) mutinied and salvaged whatever mission they were on.  The first officer (assuming he woke up) would have gone with it since accusing the lieutenants of mutiny would have revealed his cowardice.

Second Aristh:
Yeah, that works a bit better.  The captain gets killed by his bad plan.  Then the first officer was going to continue the bad idea, but the three mutinied and took over command.  Someone had to take the heat for disobeying the lawful commander (who was probably well connected politically), but the powers that be mostly understood beyond the official story leading to promotions and a scapegoat.

Brightbane:
And if Grimm was the main leader and he changed the plan to 'get away from an un-winable fight' then that could easily count as cowardice while still getting the respect of people in the know for saving the lives of his crew

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