Phase Four: Building Command Structure.
This phase mattered the most for long-term survival. Once Veyrhold was secured enough to function, Sheila and Edith would need to appoint people quickly and intelligently. Defense. Scouting. Supplies. Medical. Repairs. Communication. Discipline. Rotating watches. Maybe record keeping. Maybe internal patrols. Maybe external response teams. Maybe reserve groups for emergencies.
The details would depend on Veyrhold's condition, but the shape needed to exist before exhaustion made decisions worse.
One crucial point stood out to him.
Sheila could not choose only friends or high-ranked students.
Some lower-ranked students might have practical skills that mattered more than raw combat ability. Someone ranked in the sixties but experienced in repairs could matter more to Veyrhold's walls than someone ranked in the top ten who only knew how to destroy what stood in front of them.
