I'll have you know that many a Vorrutyer has had many a career in the military.

[ Byerly offers a dismissive little flap of his hand, trying to tamp down his vague feeling of unease. Distract, distract, distract... ]

Why, my dear uncle Ges was an Admiral, you know. Not that I ever met the man. He met with some horrible accident not long after I was born. I don't suppose you'd have heard of that, of course.