"We're in no short supply of expert swordsmen." Chris folds her arms over her breastplate in thought. "So I'm happy to defer to one of the others in that area. That said..." She looks up towards the others in the group. Some of them she knows, others are basically strangers. "I will nominate myself for overall command if no one else objects. I have experience both as captain of my order, and as commander of a military force made up of different allied groups. Both will translate well into running this militia group." It's not said as boasting or with a hint of smugness, it's just a statement of fact and a realistic estimation of her abilities. "Unless someone else wishes to argue their own case, of course."

After all, she doesn't know a few of these other people very well. They might have experience that exceeds her own, should they desire to make a claim.