Such is the price of leadership, but did Napoleon really screw up this time? So many unanswered question. Nicely done.

Sometimes a leader has to send someone ahead to check things out. Losing agents he's sent ahead is a sad fact of the CEA's job. Good illustration of that.

I love the drabble you created, but I love the concept even more: what happens when one of our (practically perfect) guys makes a fatal error in judgment? Or a correct decision that nonetheless costs lives? Consider making a longer work in the same style.

Good question, but in their profession better answer.

Nice! Interesting point of view, and Napoleon being called out on the carpet. This has potential for a much longer story.