1600
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There was nothing . `` One final detail before we adjourn , '' Thark said . `` We will be operating on Palace Standard Time from this point on , so adjust your chronos accordingly . This meeting is adjourned until 1600 hours , that time . '' * * * * * By 1600 , when the full council reconvened , Thark and the Seniors had received reports from all the operational groups and had finalized their plans . Thark rose and addressed the group . `` This is the most important turning point in both human and Irschchan history , '' he told them , trying to project his solemnity .