 The short story Occupation : Warrior , published in 1959 , provides the backstory of the Monitor Corps ' Commander Dermod , who appears in some of the books . However the editor of Science Fiction Adventures removed all reference to Sector General from Occupation : Warrior because he thought it was too grim to be treated as part of the series . Countercharm is the only short story actually set in Sector General , not included in a Sector General book . 
