Carrick was probably not the most welcome party to most of these meetings these days - he was a symbol of the ISC's military-industrial complex and he was damn proud of that fact. It gave him a lot of headaches and made him a lot of enemies but it was to be his mark on the history of the Galaxy so he didn't care.
He had hung at the back for a long time during the debate, sending text messages back and forth with his head of security and with a few arms companies he wanted to connect with. Politics on this level were interesting when they impacted him and his people - when they didn't he didn't care at all. So the preamble of introductions was entirely skipped in his mind.
The medal for Aezz got a bare nod.
The wookiee deserved something for his service and even if this turned out to be a token, it was something. Probably nowhere near as much as he warranted but who was ever as respected as they deserved to be during their time?
The mention of the war against the Sith gained his full attention.
That it was a call for peace?
Expected.
Unwelcome to Carrick but expected at the very least. He had been preparing for peace for awhile now, no longer ramping up production of war materials but instead focusing on keeping everything running as it was. Maintaining a holding pattern until the order came to either stand down or finish the fight. Peace had been offered by Emryc, or at least the chance of it, before now but it seemed that someone was finally willing to actually engage.
He breathed through his teeth at the terms presented - they were far too generous as far as he was concerned. As the victors (internal strife causing a near collapse was a failure in his mind and the ISC had held together stronger than the Sith and their Imperials), he thought that there should have been more to show for it. But, ultimately, Emryc was mirroring the will of the population and war fatigue was massive.
The call to see some of the enemy viewed as war criminals was something of a step further... but one Carrick could not agree to on principle.
Were the actions war crimes?
Yes.
Did the Galactic Senate, a motley assortment of governments and single planets, have a Court set up to actually bring those crimes to trial?
Absolutely not.
Which would mean the responsibility of trials for these people would either be given to the Imperials themselves (bound to be lenient) or a hastily assembled collection of representatives from the Galactic Senate not legally empowered to dish out punishment for said crimes. Still, it was something to keep his eyes on so Carrick didn't say anything either way, instead watching the proceedings with his full attention once again.