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Chapter 1: The Red Company

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Norma Arm > Rustam > Orbit > On Board the Pharaoh

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Chapter 2: Suspended and Undead

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Norma Arm > Rustam > Orbit > On Board the ISV Balmung

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Chapter 3: The Sunken City

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Norma Arm > Rustam > ??? (Norman Equivalent Prefecture) > Arslan > Jubala Den in the Grounded Murakami Starship

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Chapter 4: The Painted Man

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Norma Arm > Rustam > ??? (Norman Equivalent Prefecture) > Arslan > Tea House Near the Grounded Murakami Starship

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Chapter 5: Eyes Like Stars

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Norma Arm > Rustam > ??? (Norman Equivalent Prefecture) > Arslan > Tea House Near the Grounded Murakami Starship

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Chapter 6: The Road to Vorgossos

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Norma Arm > Rustam > ??? (Norman Equivalent Prefecture) > Arslan > Railcar above the City

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Chapter 7: Things Unseen, Things Remembered

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Norma Arm > Rustam > ??? (Norman Equivalent Prefecture) > Arslan > City Streets

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Chapter 8: The Council of Captains

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Norma Arm > Rustam > Orbit > On Board the Pharaoh

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Chapter 9: Absent Friends

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Norma Arm > Rustam > Orbit > On Board the ISV Balmung

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Chapter 10: Jinan

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Norma Arm > Rustam > Orbit > On Board the ISV Balmung

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Chapter 11: Your Radiance

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Norma Arm > Rustam > Orbit > On Board the ISV Balmung

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Chapter 12: A Journey's End

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Norma Arm > Rustam > Orbit > On Board the Pharaoh

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Chapter 13: Obedience

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Norma Arm > Rustam > Orbit > On Board the Pharaoh

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Chapter 14: Conspiracy

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Norma Arm > Rustam > Orbit > On Board the Mistral

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Chapter 15: The First Treason

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Norma Arm > Rustam > Orbit > On Board the ISV Balmung

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Chapter 16: The Tomb

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Norma Arm > Rustam > Orbit > On Board the ISV Balmung

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Chapter 17: The Breaking of the Company

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Norma Arm > Rustam > Orbit > On Board the ISV Balmung

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Chapter 18: The Other Edge

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Norma Arm > March Station > Orbit > On Board the Mistral

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Chapter 19: The Gates of Babylon

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Norma Arm > March Station > Station City > City Streets

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Chapter 20: The Bonecutter

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Norma Arm > March Station > Station City > Cento Biotechnic Clinic

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Chapter 21: A Matter of Price

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Norma Arm > March Station > Station City > Brevon Imports Office at Freight Life 013

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Chapter 22: Blood and Water

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Norma Arm > March Station > Orbit > On Board the Mistral

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Chapter 23: The Pilot

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Norma Arm > Unknown > On Board the Mistral

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Chapter 24: The Enigma of Hours

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Norma Arm > Unknown > On Board the Enigma of Hours > On Board the Mistral

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Chapter 25: Becalmed in Motion

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Norma Arm > Unknown > On Board the Enigma of Hours > On Board the Mistral

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Chapter 26: The Oracle

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Norma Arm > Unknown > On Board the Enigma of Hours > Concourse Marketplace
Norma Arm > Unknown > On Board the Enigma of Hours > The Oracle's Chamber

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Chapter 27: Valka

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Norma Arm > Unknown > On Board the Enigma of Hours > On Board the Mistral
Norma Arm > Unknown > On Board the Enigma of Hours > Concourse Marketplace

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Chapter 28: The Dark World

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SPOILER > Vorgossos > Docking Station

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Chapter 29: The Profane City

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SPOILER > Vorgossos > The City > City Streets

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Chapter 30: The Suppliants

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SPOILER > Vorgossos > The Installation > The Waiting Room

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Chapter 31: Tartarus

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SPOILER > Vorgossos > The Installation > The Waiting Room

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Chapter 32: Saturn or Dis

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SPOILER > Vorgossos > The Palace of the Undying > The Throne Room

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Chapter 33: Divide and Conquer

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SPOILER > Vorgossos > The Installation > Guest Suites

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Chapter 34: In the House of Kharn Sagara

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SPOILER > Vorgossos > The Installation > Guest Suites
SPOILER > Vorgossos > The Palace of the Undying > The Orchid Stair

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Chapter 35: The Gorgon

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SPOILER > Vorgossos > The Installation > Guest Suites

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Chapter 36: The Devil and the Golem

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SPOILER > Vorgossos > The Installation > Guest Suites

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Chapter 37: Tanaran

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SPOILER > Vorgossos > The Installation > Guest Suites
SPOILER > Vorgossos > The Palace of the Undying > The Throne Room

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Chapter 38: The Face of Failure

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SPOILER > Vorgossos > The Installation > Guest Suites

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Chapter 39: The Last Story

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SPOILER > Vorgossos > The Palace of the Undying > The Orchid Stair

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Chapter 40: The Garden of Everything

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SPOILER > Vorgossos > The Palace of the Undying > The Garden of Everything

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Chapter 41: The Tree of Life

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SPOILER > Vorgossos > The Palace of the Undying > The Garden of Everything

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Chapter 42: The Children of Saturn

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SPOILER > Vorgossos > The Palace of the Undying > The Garden of Everything

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Chapter 43: Brethren

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SPOILER > Vorgossos > The Underground Sea

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Chapter 44: Understanding

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SPOILER > Vorgossos > Old Geothermal Facility below the Seawall

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Chapter 45: The Apostate

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SPOILER > Vorgossos > Old Geothermal Facility below the Seawall

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Chapter 46: The Long Cold

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SPOILER > Vorgossos > Old Geothermal Facility below the Seawall

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Chapter 47: One Villain and Another

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SPOILER > Vorgossos > The Palace of the Undying > The Throne Room

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Chapter 48: A Red Reunion

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SPOILER > Vorgossos > The Palace of the Undying > The Throne Room

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Chapter 49: Two Treasons

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the ISV Schiavona

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Chapter 50: The Devil and the Honest Man

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > On Board the ISV Schiavona

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Chapter 51: Lost Time

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > On Board the Mistral

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Chapter 52: Bora

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > On Board the Mistral

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Chapter 53: The Third Treason

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > On Board the Mistral

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Chapter 54: Bringing Storm

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > The Ship Hold
SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > The Hall of Blue Candles

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Chapter 55: The Verge of History

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > On Board the ISV Schiavona

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Chapter 56: Like Castles of Ice

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > The Ancillary Bridge

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Chapter 57: The Prince of Hell

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > The Hanger Bay

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Chapter 58: The Chalcenterite

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > On Board the ISV Schiavona

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Chapter 59: No Man an Island

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > On Board the Mistral

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Chapter 60: The Pavilion

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > The Garden Pavilion

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Chapter 61: Valka Again

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > On Board the Mistral

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Chapter 62: The Limits of Reason

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > The Garden Pavilion

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Chapter 63: The Apostol

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > On Board the ISV Schiavona

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Chapter 64: A Devil's Bargain

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > The Garden Pavilion

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Chapter 65: Of Gods and Engines

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > The Garden Pavilion

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Chapter 66: A Bloody Star

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > The Garden Pavilion

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Chapter 67: Traitor and Patriot

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > The Garden Pavilion

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Chapter 68: The Narrow Way

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > The Garden Pavilion
SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > Winding Halls
SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > The Hall of Blue Candles
SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > The Hanger Bay

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Chapter 69: Divide and Conquer

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > On Board the ISV Schiavona

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Chapter 70: Play the Orator

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > On Board the ISV Schiavona

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Chapter 71: Hope is a Cloud

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > On Board the ISV Schiavona

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Chapter 72: The Pit

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > The Hanger Bay

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Chapter 73: Broken

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > The Garden Pavilion

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Chapter 74: Howling Dark

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UNKNOWN

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Chapter 75: THe Eleventh Hour

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > The Garden Pavilion

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Chapter 76: The Three Immortals

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > Medica

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Chapter 77: Theseus Himself

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the Demiurge > Medica
SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the ISV Schiavona

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Chapter 78: The First Strategos

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the ISV Sieglinde > The Office of the First Strategos

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Chapter 79: Departure

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the ISV Sieglinde > Boarding Umbilical to Repair Bay

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Chapter 80: Halfmortal

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SPOILER > Unknown Location in Space > On Board the ISV Sieglinde > Repair Bay

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Dramatis Personae:

The Meidua Red Company

The 437th Centaurine Legion

The Kingdom of Vorgossos

The Cielcin and Clan Otiolo

The Wider World

Index of Worlds: A Note on Astrography

Lexicon: A Note on Translation