While debating the morality of the TSAB in a different thread, I realized something that I had kinda understood before, but couldn't really define.
I'd like someone to check me on this, if ya'll don't mind.
The TSAB is a combined police force and military, right?
So that means there might be times when a case is more police-work, and times when it's more military, right? Like the Jewel Seed case being heavily police, while the Jail Spaghetti ( ) case was more military. Of course, it's all a matter of degree.
So that led to finally understanding why Chrono made so many decisions about the two cases in the first two seasons, while Lindy made so few. For example, Chrono handled just about everything not directly related to the Arthra, and yet heavily implied that it would be Lindy's decision to fire the AEC at the BoD.
My thoughts are that Chrono is in charge of things that are clearly police related, while Lindy is in charge of the ship and any military actions. When the two overlap, there are probably some leeway available for both. It explains why Chrono goes off to speak to Graham; he's a cop, and the BoD had pretty much become a military problem, thus making Lindy in charge. He goes to do his job, while his mother does hers.
That sound about right?
Also, why is Lindy an Admiral and yet in direct command of only a single ship? Wouldn't she have a flag captain to command the Arthra, if it was simply her fleet/sector flagship, for that? At that rank, you don't have direct ship command anymore, you have fleet/sector command, I would think. A captain rank would probably fit her actually duties better, wouldn't it? That's always kinda bothered this Navy brat