Carl Hollywood had been assigned to military duty as soon as he reported 
to the New Atlantan authorities, despite his efforts to convince his superiors 
that he might be of more use pursuing his own line of research. But then a 
message came through from the highest levels of Her Majesty's government. The 
first part of it praised Carl Hollywood for his "heroic" actions in getting 
the late Colonel Spence out
of Shanghai and suggested that a knighthood might be waiting for him if he ever 
got out of Pudong. The second part of it named him as a special envoy of sorts 
to Her Royal Highness, Princess Nell.