Along with the New Year came a change in command, Line Captain Jal'Dana Rall had seen to it that with the retirement of Admiral Petra Doom to promote within the fleet. The first of those promotions was given from Naval High Command to Jal'Dana Rall, making her a full Admiral. This left the command of Task Force Inquisitor open and Jal'Dana Rall named Krieg to be her successor. This came with a promotion to Marshal along with a new XO, Captain Keline Nelhrn. Shortly after his promotion he participated in their recent Escape and Evasion training. Under this training the pilots and troops of his new command were able to exercise their skills and demonstrate their ability in combat situations.