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  1. Public Bookmark 4

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    After the crew's return to Earth, (former) Colonel Warren Kepler was the one who met the worst fate: a life sentence of solitary confinement in the world's most secure penitentiary. After twelve years, executing the war criminal who helped save humanity is unpopular, but letting him walk free is out of the question.

    The compromise is simple: ship him to the edge of known space and put him to work as part of Goddard Futuristics's colonization efforts.

    A lifetime of forced labor in exchange for the illusion of freedom. Under constant supervision, as specified in the fine print. Fortunately, it is a better alternative to prison. Unfortunately, his assigned handler turns out to be Daniel Jacobi.

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    22 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 14

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    Utowin and Easthies had ended up in a sort of… sexual predicament. For the past few months Utowin would visit Easthies in his bed chambers and they would make love. Despite his personal apprehensions, Easthies could acknowledge that he was benefiting from this.

    Having sex helped Easthies sleep.

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    08 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 9

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    As the dust settles, there seems to be no other place Jacobi can imagine going, so he tags along with the Hephaestus survivors - and Kepler, alive but aimless, trails after Jacobi.

     

    Kepler survives - yay! Now what is he supposed to do with a life he probably should not have and that has no use or purpose? Let's try and find out.

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    23 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 53

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    His commitment to the Knights aside, Utowin was hardly taken, but even so he wouldn’t call himself available.
    As for the reason behind that…
    The reason had skin like parchment, hair like pitch, and eyes like pain. The reason had to be coaxed into eating and bathing and sleeping. The reason’s name was Easthies.

    Or, the one where Utowin agrees to something unexpected and suffers for it (until he doesn't).

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    12 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 3

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    During the solar flares before the Contact Event, both Jacobi and Kepler are cloned. With no way to tell which are the clones and which the originals, they turn to the Tiamat Logs for guidance:

    "They all think they're the original—they *always* think they're the original—but... no. Even though they all have the same memories, there's some slight differences. Shorter tempers, manic periods, that sort of thing. It's like each iteration brings out a different angle of the original person."

    When one of the Jacobis and one of the Keplers end up having sex, the other two are left to watch the footage supplied by Hera, and to ponder whether this is proof of the expected personality drift, or simply two originals taking comfort in each other after a traumatic event...

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    10 May 2026