Comsol was the Commander-in-Chief of the Federation Starfleet in 2270 and the then-promoted Starfleet Commanding Officer Heihachiro Nogura's direct superior. That year Comsol and the Federation President had all data regarding Operation Vanguard, the Taurus meta-genome and the Shedai’s more secret aspects, deposited – indeed buried – in the classified files of the Aldrin City Archives Annex on Luna. Only their direct successors had the power to access the files, and any attempt to look at the data would be raised with their staff. (VAN novella: In Tempest's Wake)