The Captive's Rank

After the space battles and planetary bombardments were over, among the thousands of Missing In Action was the Concordat's Grand Amiral, commander of the battle fleet. Where was he? Captured by the enemy, or merely lost in the wreckage of war? Now, rumors begin to circulate: he may have been taken alive, and still in captivity. What is his legal status? What of his rank and office? The stakes are high, and the greatest delicacy is necessary to investigate this disturbing, destabilizing possibility.