The Antilles Four-Step Instant Speech was devised by Wedge Antilles after his promotion to the rank of general, and the host of diplomatic functions the grade came with. Forced to take the podium and address people much more often than he'd like, he designed a rough schematic to improvise a speech in a matter of seconds. Wedge made use of it many times, including his arrival on Adumar, where he confided his 'trick' to his close friends Tycho Celchu, Wes Janson and Derek Klivian.