Denouement: Court on Lunion et al I feel it necessary to post, without speculation, interruption, alternation of the plot, a closing act concerning the Warrant and the Court on Lunion. The Ares . The Third Imperium rules the space between worlds and everything in it. The Duchess Delphine Adorania Muudashir of Mora, a woman who is used to getting her way in all things, desires all things that were close to her friend Colonel Lloyd Robertson. Her homeworld is a matriarchy where men aren't allowed positions of greater power. Is it any wonder her red-faced anger at the temerity of Duke Norris of Regina? Through Eminent Domain of the Imperium, she has levied claim over the Imperium-built, 800dT Broadsword- class Mercenary Cruiser crafted by one of her heroes, Col. Robertson. By Imperium law she has to present fair market payment for the ship, but she can tie up the vessel indefinitely in judiciary court if she's not satisfied. The Artemis Group is certainly allowed to take gear, equipment, systems and the like from the ship before she takes possession of it. But in doing so, reduces the amount the Duchess has to pay for it. The Imperial Interstellar Scout Service wants their Zhunastu Industries jumpdrive back too, again reducing the final bill for the Duchess. It is most likely that the ship will become a museum piece dedicated to Colonel Lloyd Robertson on Mora. The hero of the Fourth Frontier War, an open-minded soldier and commander who held out a hand where others pointed weapons; the Colonel was a remarkable man that only a nuclear weapon could put down. The Artemis Group. Given that a key crew member is exiled from the Domain of Deneb, ( Spinward Marches, Trojan Reaches, Deneb and Reft Sectors), the company has to fill in the gaps and decide on a new starship Captain, re-assign leadership, and rededicate to a company role based on the final construction and capabilities of the 1200dT Colonial Cruiser being built in orbit over Lunion/Lunion. It is also likely that the Darrian Confederation will recall Admiral Galen, now a self-distinguished Emissary and Ambassador to the Third Imperium in keeping the peace between them and Darrian. Dave is free to keep Galen, but is advised to retire the character into a golden Diplomatic history. The new ship will need more crew and have better coverage of all ship positions given its future role. Zenobia Manes. It is likely that her debriefing and testimony against Captain Maarg will lend credence that the Imperial Naval Intelligence has been dishonored by the corruption of the Intelligence facility on Wypoc regardless of the Captain's zeal in trying to even the arsenal against the Zhodani. She will likely suffer a Career Event (as in character creation) that her entire team was killed by the Bowman Incident (and later events swept under the carpet), such that it will likely negatively affect her Mustering Out Benefits. It is also evident to those in the know, that Zenobia will be watched like a hawk the rest of her Career and life. Zenobia conducts a Psion's memorial for her apprentice Bobvh Nain in a private cremation. Neither of the two had family before Wypoc. Professor Isis. Because of her close relationship with the late Colonel Lloyd Robertson, the aforementioned Duchess Delphine will grant her asylum on Mora for the rest of her natural life in employment to Delphine. Because she can test and train, with a little help and supplies, students in psionics; it is felt best that she be detained and retained as an ex-pat Zhodani and continually prove herself innocent of the Colonel's assassination on Darrian. In effect, she is removed from play though she lives a life of matriarchal luxury in the court of Duchess. Two women who lost the man they loved. Her Vengeance Ticket stands as she does not betray it to anyone but the Artemis Group. The Ark. The IISS cannot possibly come out with their knowledge of the crystalline Ark. The storm it would cause would shake the foundations of the Scout Service. Ling Standard Products cannot likewise come out because of their employees starting a firefight on Alpha Moon against the IISS, a clear act of treason against an Imperium department. The megacorporation is already bruised by the insurance claims employee next of kin are levying against them for the lives lost in the Bowman Incident. Both the Scout Service and LSP have lost the Darrian Outpost to the Imperium Navy, the RayEagle who then lost the entire Epsilon Moon to the arrival of the blockading, TL16 intelligent battlecruiser and its attendant Darrian Navy. There is likely a court hurricane in the works between the Darrians and LSP, with casualties such as the Scout Service, belter looters over the years who scavenged the Outpost before or during the initial IISS dig. Now that the Ark, the Heart of the Many, is destroyed by reality's sharp edge only Jeff Scardack can understand its true purpose and reasons for its existence. It was only he that saw its inner light snuffed in jumpspace between Tenalphi and Derchon. It is a foregone conclusion that the Artemis Group will watch Jeff from behind his back for the rest of his employment with them. Extents Vargr. The "Archduke" Norris of Deneb has sent the three Extents Vargr and their robot into exile from the Domain. Happily and tired, Senior Scout Gevaudan Cannagrrh takes his Sister-Dame Qithka Cannagrrh, Uthka Varzeekh and Witness back to Gvurrdon Sector and the Dzen Aeng Kho (the Society of Equals) in his new Far Scout variant reaching construction completion on 060-1110. The Artemis Group has time to say their goodbyes, exchange parting gifts, wine tastings at Argentill Vinyards, recall and document all the adventures of the company during the Fifth Frontier War. Gevaudan, as I have posted in other threads, will take up starship Trade in the Sixth Horizon , though such a decision comes after he and his sister learn of their Pack's tradition that the two sibling must ritually Infight for the Alpha of Pack Cannagrrh. Because the two have lost their rivalry during and after the Bowman Incident, neither of them wants to bloody the other for the Pack's traditions. Thus, Gevaudan punishes the Dame by making her take the Pack Alpha throne on their homeworld on Dzuerongvoe/Dzen ( Gvurrdon 1413), a move that will end her field correspondence for Kfan Uzangou , the magazine she worked for. Witness will be returned to the magazine, a distinguished robot for its services. Qithka will have to learn to be a Pack Alpha and administer to all the assets the Pack owns. Thus with his Sister-Dame out of his hair, Gevaudan is also by default exiled from his own homeworld if the two do not Infight. By breaking with Pack tradition, the Equal Pilot-Astrogator must avoid his homeworld for the rest of Qithka's reign. Uthka Varzeekh is dismissed from Qithka's service at her own request. She returns to Sibiatl , the mobile Psionic Institute that travels between the Thirz Empire and the Society of Equals. There she is a valued resource in her later years as an Instructor, Seer, Psioncology and Sociology teacher concerning topics of Talented-Untalented relations and interactions. Uthka's crystal tarot deck was shattered to tiny shards by her female Aslan Guards on Lunion/Lunion, which also caused Uthka to lose her cool during the interrogation. Before the Extents Vargr depart to their exile, Professor Isis gives Uthka the monadium, hexagonal Coyns she pocketed on Alpha Moon's IISS base from Meg the little survivor girl. In Traveller, monadium is nigh indestructible. Uthka spends the rest of her life trying to unravel the mysterious connection between the Droyne Coyns, the Droyne and the Ancients through them. She too is unmade by the Empress Wave that sweeps through Gvurrdon Sector slightly years before Gevaudan in 1187. Gevaudan Cannagrrh in the 1130s Virus Era takes up Concubine slaving out of the Wilds of the former Thoengling Empire's shambles. By transporting survivors from the lawless wastes and back to the Society of Equals, they can work their way into citizenship through the upwardly-mobile stratification of that Orwellian polity. It was seen as a backwards humanitarian effort. Gevaudan Cannagrrh contributed to the Artemis Group from afar but the distance of communications meant that he was hindered to quarterly missions for them as he plied the stars just outside the Dzen Aeng Kho. Gerald Rothschild returns to the Artemis Group having used his payoff money from the [AMC] back on Aramis/Aramis. The Imperium Noble playboy and Chief Engineer seeks to return the "bad old days" when responsibility could be avoided on a day-to-day basis. He takes up his old position of Chief Engineer for the Artemis Group. Captain Panzor was never heard from again. There is a rumor that his pelt is a rug somewhere and his 'psionic' sword impales his skull as a grisly trophy. Hot & Spicy the touring rock band sends Artemis a copy of their new album though it takes nearly a year to travel from one end of the Vargr Extents and Julian Protectorate to the Spinward Marches. They are doing well and Pepper is currently the top Sorceress in the online, heavily-instanced, Red Wizard. Cinnamon continues to bite fans who think she is a werewolf as a band gimmick that makes her incredibly popular with the young crowd. Their goal of interracial peace between Vargr and Humaniti continues and has some minor success in the Third Empire of Gashikan. Sylk wear is elevated to new heights of fashion thanks to help and endorsements from Ginger, her Panet Khrragg, Nutmeg and a reluctant lead singer Rock Salt. Pepper undergoes treatment for cirrhosis of the liver and the band rallies behind her recovery from alcohol and drug abuse. Squeeek the Uplifted Solomani Dolphin continues to bring badly needed supplies to worlds that are near Failing due to the Fifth Frontier War. He continues into Hard Times and manages to eschew the Doom Trade through his efforts. He is viewed as a hero. That's all I can think of right now. Return later to this post to see more conclusions to the Fifth Frontier War.