His chief of staff promised to sort out how to reimburse the expenses of the phase lords assigned to the Bluejay Fleet.
Of course, if that was not possible, then the Dark Apostle would simply shove the bill to Ves.
The two had a very clear division of labor as far as they were concerned.
Ves handled the tech, the human stuff and also paid the bills.
The Dark Apostle maintained control over the Ascended Giants and did all of the actual fighting.
Since this was the case, there was no need for the Dark Apostle to bother himself over how to pay the bills.
The next question that came up after the polemarchos made his demand was which phalanx to draw the squads from. All three phalanxes had developed their own strengths and specializations.