Schlock Mercenary X: The Mundivore, or, "Eat it"

[Lvl 2 Expert]

Okay, now they're being ridiculous. A protocol meant for armies does not apply to individual soldiers.

Though at this point Schlock probably technically is the largest non-pa'anuri fighting force in the galaxy, outweighing the UNS' battleplate collection by a factor of 100 or so, so he might have still gotten to be in charge if they used a less silly protocol. (Okay, okay, his employer might still get to be in charge, there is no single usually reasonable protocol that would put the sergeant personally in charge of a galaxy worth of ships.)