Chapter 31Gen. Custer sat at the round table withtwo of the highest ranking military officials of the Federation,Admiral Stefan Westphil and Lord Rembrandt Van Holden. Both hadpedigrees that stretched back to the dawn of time. Both came frommilitary families that, as far as Gen. Custer could tell, hadmemberswho had engaged in almost every battle in Europe or the UnitedStatesduring the last four centuries.
Van Holden had casually mentioned thatone of his ancestors had fought with Wellington at Waterloo.Anotherancestor had been with British troops when they had burnedWashingtonin 1812. An American ancestor of Admiral Westphil had fought withtheUnion in the American Civil War. Other relatives had distinguishedthemselves in World War II and in such skirmishes as the Gulf War.The Muslim-Jihadi
