The Duchesses representatives will have gone through the Ares before we finalized the deal with her, so that won't be an issue. Which is good, as we need to take her body back up to the Ares to reactivate her, and we probably don't want company for that. I expect it to be awkward enough as is. As for your kind offer to foot the bill for the party, Sebastien insists that he will bring the wine, brandies, etc., but otherwise thank you. Let's go ahead and schedule the party for 050-1110. I don't know anything about a statue, but Sebastien should be able to help with the matter, as he would with the matter of the gifts. Just run them by Pakkrat to make sure that they're possible, and tell me what kinds of rolls I need to make. I do think that we'd be better off doing the storage and research on the High Port than at the estate, although Sebastien has no objection. The estate just isn't really set up for secure storage or research. Except in regards to botany, wines and spirits, that is. I'm still not sure we need to change the name of the company, although I do agree that Aegis is a good name. My two name choices are still Argo or Athena , in that order. The compulsive side of me has a problem with naming the Attack Shuttle after anybody other than a figure from greek mythology, but it really wouldn't matter to Crow, so I'm cool with Pemulwuy , as long everybody else is on board.