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Dragon Ship – Chapter 33

Bechimo

In which Bechimo is concerned for the safety of his crew.

We lead off immediately with the important news: despite Bechimo’s concerns about the Remastering Unit being affected by the Department’s attack, Win Ton is all right.

Well, okay, the important news is that Bechimo is still in one piece, but that’s pretty much implicit in the news about Win Ton, right?

(As the chapter progresses, though, there are hints that maybe Win Ton’s recovery wasn’t entirely unaffected.)

I’d like to know a bit more about how Bechimo “extrapolated this location”. It makes sense that a place like this wouldn’t be somewhere you’d be able to learn the co-ordinates of from piloting records – for that matter, if the main appeal of it is that nobody else can find it, being able to find the co-ordinates in piloting records would be a disqualification – but extrapolated from what? while seeking the answer to what question?

Dragon Ship – Chapter 3

‘tween Jump

In which Bechimo discovers his errors.

I’m not sure what to make of the Morality module’s lack of interest. The point, maybe, is that Bechimo’s behaviour has been impolite, a breach of protocol, and against the rules, but not in itself immoral. The Morality module perhaps concerns itself with what is, and won’t worry about the possibility of the precedent leading to more extreme behaviour until it happens.

That’s an interesting note on the Warning about yos’Phelium: “Disruption of causality may occur, see notes.” It’s not an unfair warning, given the way the Luck flows around yos’Phelium, but it says something about the Builders that they believe in the phenomenon and that they express it in such terms.

Ghost Ship – Chapter 17

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Portmaster’s Office
Tokeoport

In which Theo meets her new ship.

Here’s another mention of the Federated Trade Commission. What it portends that an operative of the Department is operating under their name, I’m not sure. I don’t think it’s likely that the FTC is simply a front for the Department. It might just be that Operative pel’Naria believes she can take their name in vain with impunity, at least here on Tokeoport where a large pile of cash is the best of credentials.

Either way, I’m thinking the Portmaster, whatever his other faults, shows good sense in not relaxing his guard before they’ve left the room.