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Conflict of Honors – Chapter 19

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Shipyear 65
Tripday 143
Third Shift
16.00 hours

In which Shan has some explanations.

This is a significant turning point for Shan and Priscilla, with Shan finally explaining what’s going on and the two of them agreeing on a future course of action.

We get another mention of that elusive person, Anne’s brother Richard, and perhaps the most extensive account of him, in Shan’s description of his conflation of Liadens with elves. Shan doesn’t say why Richard picked on Val Con for the role of “king of Elfland”, but presumably it’s because he had heard some account of the Contract which once prompted Anne to accuse Val Con’s father of being King of Liad. In which case, I’m pretty sure this is the first intimation, in published order, of the existence of the Contract.

Conflict of Honors – Chapter 18

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Shipyear 65
Tripday 143
Second Shift
10.30 hours

In which Priscilla reviews her contract, and finds it to be not what she expected.

Priscilla reviews her contract, and learns that it contains an extremely broad clause obliging her to “undertake any additional training or duty considered reasonable or just by [the captain]”. Which, to be fair, Shan did mention when he was giving her a verbal summary of the contract, though he might perhaps have laid more emphasis on it. Either way, Priscilla could have got herself into a lot of trouble by not picking up on it then: Shan might, as she decides, be trusted not to abuse a clause like that, but imagine the uses it might be put to in the hands of, say, the Trader or the second mate of Daxflan.

Priscilla learns that her official service record has mysteriously changed, and now contains no hint of blame to her regarding the circumstances under which she parted ways with Daxflan. Another thing for her to ask the Captain about, when he gives her the opportunity.

The central registry office for the service record is said to be on VanDyk, which was also mentioned in Local Custom as the location of the central registry of Master Traders.

Conflict of Honors – Chapter 6

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Shipyear 65
Tripday 130
Fourth Shift
18.00 hours

In which Priscilla meets Shan yos’Galan.

Contrary to what I said last week, this must be where I first learned about Liadens and faces. It must be. Conflict of Honors was the first Liaden story I ever read, and certainly Gordy’s recital is the most detailed and explicit statement of the case to be found anywhere in the series. I don’t remember it, though. There is a difference, perhaps, between being told about a thing in the abstract and coming to comprehend it through being shown examples of it in action.

The dateline on this chapter is not consistent with a 28-hour day divided into four 7-hour shifts, in which 18.00 hours would be deep in Third Shift. It would, on the other hand, fit a 24-hour day divided into four shifts.