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A Good Heretic

## Publication order

> *"Dear Heretic, welcome aboard" – Lum'matp, s 193*
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***A Good Heretic*** is a short story by Becky Chambers that is part of the Wayfarers universe, taking place before the events of the main series. It was published in 2019 as part of Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers, the second instalment of the Infinite Stars space opera anthology.

## Plot Summary

The story focuses on Mas, a Sianat who is resistant to some of the effects of the Whisperer.

## Characters

* Mas - A female Sianat whose Pairing with the Whisperer was only partially successful.
* Lum'matp - The Harmagian captain of the Remm Hehan, and the first ever person Mas confides in.
* Dyw - A Solitary Sianat on Arun who provides Mas with the cure.
List of ships

This page is a list of the ships in the Wayfarers series.

## Tunnelling Ships

* *Wayfarer* – the main setting of *The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.*
* *Remm Hehan* - a Harmagian tunnelling ship featured in *A Good Heretic*.

## Exodus Fleet

The Exodus Fleet consists of 32 homesteader ships and many smaller ferries, skiffs, and shuttles.

* *Asteria* - the main setting of *Record of a Spaceborn Few*.
* *Oxomoco* - a homesteader that suffers catastrophic damage at the start of *Record of a Spaceborn Few*, causing the deaths of thousands of people.
* *Ratri* - the ship where Eyas meets Sunny in a tryst club.
* *Newet* - suffers an outbreak of the Marabunta virus prior to the events of *Record of a Spaceborn Few*.
* *Dou Mu* - briefly mentioned in a news transcript in *The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet* as hosting the thirty-first annual Bug Fry Festival, and again in *A Closed and Common Orbit*.
* *Al-Qaum* - briefly mentioned in *Record of a Spaceborn Few* as the ship that Sawyer's ancestors came from.

* *Rockhound* - the mining ship that George Santoso works on.
* *The Silver Lining* - a salvage ship captained by Muriel Saarinen.
* *Neptune* - a competitor to *The Silver Lining.*
* *Out of the Open* - a ship Sawyer spots in the Asteria's docks.
* *Take-A-Chance* - a ship Sawyer spots in the Asteria's docks.
* *Good Friend* - a ship Sawyer spots in the Asteria's docks.
* *Quick and Easy* - a ship Sawyer spots in the Asteria's docks.
* *The Better Side of Valor* - a ship Sawyer spots in the Asteria's docks.

## Others

* *Harmony* - the ship on which Speaker and Tracker live.
* *Korrigoch Hrut* - a shuttle belonging to Roveg.
* *Mav Bre* - an Aeluon ship, captained and owned by Pei.
* *Melody* - Speaker and Tracker's shuttle.
* *Saelen* - Pei's shuttle.
* *Yo'ton* - a Harmagian ship that takes Pepper and Blue to Coriol in *A Closed and Common Orbit*.
Rustal Elion

Rustal Elion is the major villain from Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans.

## Description

As the commander of the Arianrhod Fleet, Rustal has a calm and commanding presence. He is capable of generating great loyalty from his subordinates with Julieta Juris devoting her entire being to be his "sword" and Galan Mossa who threw away everything he had in order to better serve Rustal in more illegal channels as prime examples. He has an eye for talent, taking in Julieta for her piloting skills, Iok Kujan for his influence over his many subordinates, and Vidar who has a deep understanding of McGillis who Rustal appears to see as a threat to Gjallarhorn. Rustal can be quite blunt when he is admonishing his subordinates if it benefits their personal development, pointedly calling Iok a fool for his reckless actions and his failure to live up to his subordinate's expectations.

Unlike many of his contemporaries, Rustal is not a power hungry man but rather someone who work with the goal of establishing order and peace in Gjallarhorn's domain. However he is absolutely willing to use force and underhanded tactics to destroy anyone who threatens his interpretation of order and peace.
Tracker

**Tracker** is an Akarak, and the twin sister of Speaker. They live together on a ship called the Harmony, which Tracker rarely leaves. Unlike Speaker, who is more interested in languages, Tracker loves numbers, patterns and order. Tracker has an affinity for growing crystals and has dedicated a room on the Harmony to that purpose.

The bond between Tracker and Speaker is called a *triet*, 'straight cut' in Ihreet, meaning they complement each other perfectly.

Tracker suffers from a mutation to her lungs due to the improperly filtered air she and her sister breathed as children.
Home

**Home** is a "place for kick and company" on Coriol, that Sidra opens at the end of *A Closed and Common Orbit*. It is a small cafe with a bar, bright windows, and multispecies chairs around cozy tables. It is also a home for both Sidra and Owl. Several petbots (a cat, a rabbit, a dragon, a turtle, a giant spider, and a monkey) roam the premises and serve as a network for Sidra.
Kaj'met Expanse

The **Kaj'met Expanse** is a Harmagian territory where the fabric of space has been torn apart. It is half the size of the Sol system. Tears in the region are a dangerous hazard: asteroids drift into them, planets have been snapped in half by them, and a dying star leaks into them. Learning about the Kaj'met Expanse is almost a rite of passage for young people, where they learn that though quiet, space was dangerous.

## History

When the Harmagians started building tunnels as an alternative to FTL travel, they had no Navigators, as contact had not been made between them and the Sianat yet. Therefore, all tunnel punches were blind punches - where tunnellers have no beacon to guide them to the desired end of the tunnel they were forming. Blind punches have a higher rate of complications, such as exiting the sublayer at the wrong place or even the wrong time. These complications likely occurred when punching to the system of the Kaj'met Expanse and led to a tunnel exit tearing open before it could be stabalized.
Florence

**Florence** is the capital city of Mars. It was named after Marcella Florence, the first Human to set foot on the planet. Like all Martian cities, Florence is protected by a huge shield dome.

During Rosemary's first night on the Wayfarer, she tells the crew she grew up in Florence. This prompts Jenks to remark that she must have wealthy parents. Alexandria University, which Rosemary and Corbin both attended, is located in Florence.

At the All Stories Festival, which Kizzy and Rosemary both attended, floating lanterns were launched in New World Square, Florence's main gathering place.
Episode 8

**A Form of Closeness** (寄り添うかたち *Yorisō Katachi*) is the eighth episode of Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans.

The skirmish between Tekkadan and the Turbines comes to an end when Orga and his team raid the Hammerhead and negotiate for Teiwaz to assist them in escorting Kudelia to Earth.

## Summary

Orga leads a team onto the Turbines spaceship, where they meet Naze Turbine and Maruba face to face. Orga threatens to shoot but Naze stops him. He agrees to hear Tekkadan out since they managed to impress him during their battle, and sends Maruba to a mining satellite to pay off his debt.

Tekkadan and the Turbines have a meeting and Naze agrees to introduce Tekkadan to McMurdo Barriston, the leader of Teiwaz. Orga hopes that by meeting McMurdo that he can convince him to allow Tekkadan to become a division of Teiwaz. After coming to an agreement, the Turbines guide Tekkadan on a ten day trip to Teiwaz headquarter: Sasai.

During the journey to Saisai, Orga receives notice that the Tekkadan members on Mars have run out of funding. He and Biscuit ask Naze to introduce them to a trader so that they can sell items seized from the battles with Gjallarhorn. Naze offers them work, but Orga refuses since it would cause Tekkadan to separate. Annoyed, Naze asks why that isn't an option for the group, and has Orga explain the connection each of the boys share. Naze agrees to help them find a trader, and comments that they share not a connection of friendship, but one of family.

Meanwhile, Atra and Kudelia familiarize themselves with the members of Teiwaz which consists of Naze's wives and their children. Atra brings Kudelia to their nursery, hoping to cheer her up from all the fighting by visiting the infants. Mikazuki and Akihiro begin training with Azee and Lafter using mobile suit simulations. When Mikazuki finishes training, he finds Orga to tell him he's been training so that Tekkadan never leaves him behind, and Orga responds by telling Mikazuki that he, nor anybody in Tekkadan will ever be left behind.

## Technology used

* ASW-G-08 Gundam Barbatos
* EB-06/tc Graze Custom
* NOA-0093 Isaribi
* TIR-0009 Hammerhead
* STH-05 Hyakuren
* STH-14s Hyakuri
* STH-05/AC Hyakuren Amida Custom

## Credits

* **Screenplay**: Root Toshizo
* **Storyboard**: Hisafuji Shun
* **Director**: Hisafuji Shun
* **Character animation director**: Akai HoSho, Shuji Sakamoto, Nagisa Nakajima
* **Mecha animation director**: Hisashi Beiki Shinya
The Archives

The Archives are the place within the Exodus Fleet where all the records are kept.

The professionals who work in the Archives are known as archivists. Archivists wear yellow robes, with a white stripe on the shoulder for apprentices. One of their duties is holding Naming Day ceremonies.

Isabel is the head archivist of the Asteria and the senior archivist in the Fleet. Kip becomes an apprentice at the end of *Record of a Spaceborn Few*.
Standard Time

**Standard Time** is the standardized measurement of time used throughout the Galactic Commons. Dates are measured in days and years only and are written shorthand as *D/YYY*, where D is the day written numerically with no leading zeroes and YYY is the numerically written year.

## Standard day

A standard day is longer than a Solar day and is further divided into hours. Time is indicated as 'tenth hour', 'eleventh hour', et cetera.

## Standard year

A standard year - usually simply called a standard - is considerably longer than a Solar year. A standard has at least 397 standard days. Standards are divided into units of time called tendays, which are used in a similar way to weeks in Solar time. The days do not have names, but instead are referred to as 'first day', 'second day', et cetera.

### Conversion to Solar years

In *The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet*, Bear states that "about five [Solar] years" is "about three standards", making 1 solar year roughly equal to 0.6 standards.

However, in *Record of a Spaceborn Few*, Eyas Parata comments that Sawyer, aged 24 Solar years, would've been roughly 6 Solar years old about 13 standards ago, making 1 solar year roughly equal to 0.72 standards. This estimate can be compared to Sawyer's known ages: he died at the age of 24 Solar years around 158/307 and was 19 Solar years old in the days following the Oxomoco Disaster (128/303). This would make 1 solar year roughly equal to 0.8 standards.

Also in *Record of a Spaceborn Few*, Kip Madaki and his friend Ras edit Kip's Wristpatch ID data to show his "Standard date of birth" as 23/292 and his age 20 in the current year s307, making 1 Solar year equal to 0.75 standards. This conversion remains correct when compared with Kip's known ages: 11 Solar years immediately after the Oxomoco Disaster (128/303), 16 Solar years during Parts 1-6 of *Record of a Spaceborn Few* (158/307–c. 185/307), and the date he claims to actually turn 20 Solar years old (23/310).
Caretaker

**Caretakers** are a guild of people aboard the Exodus Fleet who take care of the deceased. They work in the Centre on their ship and are responsible for preparing the bodies for decomposition and dispersing the remains, as well as leading laying-ins and counselling family members.

Caretakers wear loose-fitting garments made of undyed fabric. Eyas is a caretaker aboard the Asteria.
Episode 14

**The Vessel of Hope** (希望を運ぶ船 *Kibō o Hakobu Fune*) is the fourteenth episode of Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans.

Tekkadan and the Turbines arrive at the Dort Colonies to deliver cargo for an assignment given by a third party company through Teiwaz, only to fall into a trap set by Gjallarhorn as they and Kudelia are framed as insurgents and arms dealers bent on arming disgruntled workers and stoking an uprising. Meanwhile, Fumitan is torn between her loyalty to Kudelia and to her real employer.

## Summary

Before they reach Earth, Tekkadan is tasked by Teiwaz to make a delivery to the Dort Colonies near Earth. On board the Isaribi, Yamaji and Shino work on integrating the Brewers' Alaya-Vijnana system into the Graze Custom. Fumitan receives orders from her true boss, Nobliss Gordon, detailing the assassination of Kudelia but she interrupted when Kudelia asks for advice on her romantic troubles with Mikazuki. Then they are both brought to the ship's bridge by Atra. There, Tekkadan holds a quick meeting where the girls decide to go shopping on Dort 3 with Mikazuki and Biscuit, while everyone else delivers the supplies to Dort 2. Before heading out on the assignment, Orga is warned by Naze and Amida not to cause any conflicts while in Earth Sphere territory.

After arriving on Dort 3, Kudelia expresses her concern for Tekkadan's hygiene and buys proper cleaning and washing supplies. While the girls shop, Biscuit reveals to Mikazuki that he was born in the colonies with his older brother, Savarin. When their parents died, Savarin stayed in the colonies to work while Biscuit, Cookie and Cracker were sent to Mars to live with their grandmother. Meanwhile, Orga and the others meet the Dort 2 colony workers, who claim to work for next to nothing because of the Earth Sphere and are grateful for Kudelia and Tekkadan's involvement in the Freedom Movement.

Tekkadan successfully delivers the cargo, but are surprised to learn they have supplied the colony workers with weapons for a rebellion against the Earth Sphere. The workers claim someone calling themselves Kudelia's proxy contacted them agreeing to supply the rebellion with weapons delivered by Tekkadan. Then, they are suddenly confronted by Gjallarhorn. The colony workers fight Gjallahorn off and Orga orders the Isaribi to retreat from Dort 2 without him. Meanwhile, Fumiton struggles to go along with the plan laid out by Nobliss, to get Kudelia involved in the rebellion, then have her assassinated by Gjallarhorn.

## Technology used

* EB-06/tc Graze Custom
* NOA-0093 Isaribi
* TIR-0009 Hammerhead
* ASW-G-11 Gundam Gusion

## Credits

* **Screenplay**: Tsuchiya MakotoTakashi
* **Storyboard**: Hirokazu Hisayuki
* **Director**: Uketamawa Nozomi
* **Character animation director**: Akai HoSho, Shuji Sakamoto, Takao Maki
* **Mecha animation director**: Hisashi Beiki Shinya
Enceladus

**Enceladus**, like Titan, is one of Saturn's moons. It has orbiters circling it, which are populated by scientists who monitor bacteria populations within the moon's freezing seas. Artis Corbin grew up on an Enceladus orbiter, where his father, Marcus Corbin, worked.

One of the few labs on the surface of Enceladus is known as Overlook. The lab is occupied by a single person, strictly quarantined, for at least a year at a time. Sita was the supply shuttle pilot for Overlook before being fired for breaching the quarantine protocol.
Ohan

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Ohan, illustrated by Aleksi/@Alakotila

Ohan, illustrated by Toby Allen/@ZestyDoesThings

**Ohan** is the Sianat Navigator aboard the Wayfarer.

## Appearance and personality

Ohan is covered in dense blue fur, which is trimmed short enough to show their dark grey skin and covered in fractal patterns. They have huge, long-lashed, visibly wet eyes, and a loose, relaxed posture.

Ohan rarely interacts with their crewmates and never leaves the ship. They are extremely careful about their health, eating nothing but a nutrient paste that is shipped from the Sianat homeworld.

## History

Ohan grew up on the Sianat homeworld, and was infected with the Whisperer in childhood, becoming a Sianat Pair. How they came to join the crew of the Wayfarer is unknown.

## *The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet*

Aboard the Wayfarer, Ohan is largely reclusive, staying in their room unless needed to navigate the sublayer during a punch. They begin to Wane and are nearing the end of their life during the journey to Hedra Ka. Although they struggle to show it, they appreciate the care of Dr. Chef and the rest of the crew, and are content with their approaching death.

When they discover the ship has stopped at Arun for supplies, Ohan becomes uncharacteristically angry, knowing that the Solitary - heretics to the Sianat religion - live there. They refuse the cure for the Whisperer that Ashby Santoso and Kizzy Shao return with.

By the time of the jump from Hedra Ka, Ohan is close to death. When the ship becomes stranded in the sublayer, they are only able to Navigate with constant medical care from Dr. Chef, and nearly passes out before completing the journey. In the wake of the disaster in Toremi space, and the death of Lovey, Corbin refuses to let Ohan die, instead injecting them with the cure against their will.

Now a Solitary, Ohan considered joining the society on Arun, but decides he would prefer to stay on board the Wayfarer. He begins to socialise more with the rest of the crew, even Corbin, who he apparently forgives for curing him.
A Prayer for Iset the Eldest

**A Prayer for Iset the Eldest** is an Aandrisk song consisting of bouncing flutes and drums, and Aandrisk voices humming along. It's tied to a folk legend about an elder who lived five hundred years. It is supposed to have been played after her death.

In *A Closed and Common Orbit*, Jane describes the song as weird, but cheerful, too.
Mululo

**Mululo** is the official language of the Laru, though not the only language of the species. It is known for being vowel-heavy.

## Known words

* *kohumie* - volcano monsters from Laru holiday stories. They are little round, furless spirits that appear when rocks near lava flows start to melt.
* *moh* - "gathering flavor"
Pahkerr

**Pahkerr** was an AI aboard the *Yo'ton*.

## Relationships

### Crew of the *Yo'ton*

Pahkerr is very subservient to the crew of the Yo'ton, never displaying any negative emotion to the lack of pleasantries from the crew i.e. only recieveing demands and orders.

### Pepper

The first night Pepper was aboard the *Yo'ton*, she tried making pleasant conversation with Pahkerr: he didn't know how to respond and didn't seem interested in conversing.
Sublayer

The **sublayer** is the space "in between" normal space. It is what an interspatial tunnel, such as the ones made by the tunnelling ship, the Wayfarer, is punching through.

Since most sapient brains are not equipped to process what happens in the extradimensional sublayer, sense of time and visual perception tend to be unreliable to anyone except Sianats infected with the Whisperer.

Tunnelling became the best option when it came to getting from A to B as fast as possible once FTL (faster than light) travel was banned. It uses a fourth dimension, the sublayer, to make the distance between points in three-dimensional space as close as possible without having to warp the fabric of reality.

The sublayer is also used by deepods and tugs as a way to make journeys faster. These ships carry a pinhole drive that create temporary tunnels to weave in and out of the sublayer. These ships are highly regulated, as too many of these temporary tunnels in one location could end up tearing the fabric of space, resulting in location like the Kaj'met Expanse.
Thread

The **Thread** is the "Official News Source of the Exodan Fleet". It is anchored by Quinn Stephens and delivered in Klip. Summaries of the news can be found on feeds via Linkings access, primarily by people outside of the Fleet wishing to keep informed, such as Ashby Santoso, captain of the Wayfarer.
Spacer

A **spacer** is any sapient who has primarily lived and worked in space throughout their lives, in contrast to a grounder.

Spacer culture is mostly made up of habits evolved from generations of space travel and living on ships. The acclimatization to that is what creates this. Spacer culture is not to be confused with Exodan culture, although these two are similar. Spacer culture is more general and refers to habits usually held by multiple species or that are common in multispecies crews.

Common foods are red coast bugs (originally Exodan) and stasis-stored vegetables of various kinds and origins.

Spacer instincts are very different to grounder instincts: to grounders, silence is a luxury. To spacers, the absence of sound from the spaceship means something is wrong: the air circulation or water systems might have stopped working, for example.
Enhanced humanity

The Enhanced Humanity movement is a society built around the genetic engineering of Humans. They are bred in gestation chambers and cultivated to fit specific requirements. People bred for menial labour, such as Pepper, are genetically tweaked to be infertile and have an improved immune system. They are also completely bald, which supposedly makes them easier to spot. Blue, Pepper's partner, was intended to be a politician, and was bred to be handsome and charismatic.

The Galactic Commons and the diaspora have cut all ties with the movement. The Enhanced arrest and probably execute travellers entering their space.

An Enhancement colony on a planet named Aganon is the setting for parts of *A Closed and Common Orbit*. Pepper and Blue are from this colony.
Wane

**The Wane** is the end stage of a Sianat Pair's life, caused by the Whisperer. While Solitary Sianats are said to live for "well over a hundred" standards, no Pair is known to have lived beyond thirty.

The first stage of the Wane consists of stiffness and muscle spasms, which become increasingly difficult to control. Eventually, their nerves will start dying off.

Most Sianat Pairs consider the Wane and their untimely death a fair price to pay for the gifts that the Whisperer bestows on them. While there is a cure, even talking about it is considered heresy.
Ciretou

**Ciretou** is a Sianat language. It is described as sounding "soft" and "haunting" to Human ears, and a "bird-like coo". Ciretou is the common Sianat language; it is more widely used than Duslen, which is reserved for religious and governmental contexts.

## Known words

* *hemle* – a nutrient paste that Pairs consume as their only food.
Quentin Harris

**Quentin Harris** the Third is the former CEO of Phobos Fuel, a Martian ambi distributing company based in Florence. He sold gene targeters to both sides of the Toremi civil war to gain access to ambi. He is Rosemary's father.

He is found guilty of and sentenced for, among others, extortion, fraud, smuggling and crimes against sapient kind.
Quelin

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Roveg, a Quelin, illustrated by FireChicken732

The **Quelin** are a species that is part of the Galactic Commons. They are said to be there so Harmagians can gain access to their vast natural resources.

## Appearance and biology

Rosemary Harper describes the Quelin as "lobster centaurs". They are a blue arthropodic species with many legs, mask-like faces, and black compound eyes. They have chitinous blue exoskeletons, and thick, black-blue domes on the top of their head they can use as rams. They often decorate their shells with symbols and polished stones. Although they are a part of the Galactic Commons, it is rare for a Quelin to travel outside of their own space, as they are a particularly xenophobic species.

Male Quelin carry their partner's eggs in keratin pouches in their shell until they hatch.

## Culture and history

The Quelin home planet is Vemereng, their native language Tellerain.

Quelin are often a harsh and bureaucratic species ruled by the Quelin Protectorate. They have strict laws against inter-species relationships and cloning. Cloning is seen as especially evil because of a series of Quelin wars involving eugenics where cloned soldiers were one of the weapons of choice. Artis Corbin, a crew member on the Wayfarer, was discovered to be a clone and was treated violently while a prisoner of the Quelin.

Teracite ore, used to create circuit panels and other tech on ships, is mined in penal colonies by Quelin prisoners.

## Notable Quelin

* Roveg - an exiled Quelin; one of the main characters of *The Galaxy, and the Ground Within*.
Mala

**Mala** is a Human woman and the mother of Jenks. During her teenage years, she became a Survivalist, and moving to Earth to live in their commune. She left when the Survivalist leadership ordered her to kill her newborn baby, Jenks, because of his dwarfism. After leaving the clan, she traveled on foot until she ran into a group of scientists from the Samsara Project.

She currently works as a mammalogist on the Samsara Project.
Hashkath

**Hashkath** is one of the moons of the ringed planet Theth. It is the homeworld of the Aandrisks, and has moons of its own.

The Wayfarer crew visit Hashkath and meet Sissix's family in *The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet*.

Ghuh'loloan also lives there.

## Notable Locations

#### Sethi

This small community of podlike homesteads in the western desert region of Hashkath is Sissix's birthplace and the location of her hatch family.
Marabunta

**Marabunta** is a bot virus that broke out on the Newet, one of the ships in the Exodus Fleet, during GC standard 306. It was presumably brought aboard by someone who had visited an implant clinic in a fringe colony. Marabunta hijacks the patients imubots, giving them seizures. The outbreak aboard the Newet necessitated patients being tied down in hospital beds, with their mouths strapped shut to prevent them from breaking their teeth.

After the outbreak, the Fleet's health office upgraded docking bay scanners and reminded everyone to schedule regular imubot updates.
Reskitkish

**Reskitkish** is the language of the Aandrisk. It is a spoken language, though Aandrisk hand speak can be used in addition to communicate things that are either too basic or too personal for spoken words. Reskitkish is characterized by its sibilant sound.

## Known words

* *hska* - a swear word
* *veshkrisk* - "wayfarer"
Lovey

**Lovey** was the AI of the Wayfarer. She was in a romantic relationship with Jenks.

## Personality

As a sentient AI, Lovey had no physical appearance, but embodied the entirety of the ship. Her base layout is a programme called Lovelace, but Lovey developed her own personality based on her experiences. She was particularly personable and outgoing compared to most AIs, and cared a great deal about her crew.

## History

Lovey was installed on the Wayfarer on Day 5, Standard 303 by Jenks. Over time the two fell in love, although Lovey later says she has loved him since the day they met. By Standard 306, Lovey had seriously considered getting a body kit so she could be with Jenks in a physical form, although she noted some downsides to the change in how she would sense the world. However, when Jenks became fearful after Corbin's arrest for being a clone, Lovey admitted that her reasons were largely based on him, and she was happy to remain as she was.

While at Hedra Ka, the Wayfarer was fired upon by a Toremi ship, stranding it in the sublayer. While the crew worked to repair the damage, they believed the vox system had come offline. However, when the ship emerged from the sublayer, it became clear that Lovey had been seriously damaged. The blast had disrupted the connections between the computer core and the synaptic clusters across the ship, essentially deleting parts of her installation and leaving her confused, distressed and almost completely unable to function. Although Jenks, Kizzy and Pepper worked for hours to try and restore her, they were ultimately unable to do so. Their last hope - a total reset - led to Lovey's memories being permanently deleted, killing her.

## Relationships

### Jenks

Lovey and Jenks had a close relationship which blossomed into a romance. Their relationship was somewhat limited by the difference between their two forms, but this did not affect how they felt about each other. Lovey seriously considered using a body kit so they could be together physically, but ultimately the couple decided against it. Instead, they spent time together talking privately in the computer core of the Wayfarer.

## Background Information

Lovey's full name is an apparent nod to the first computer programmer, Ada Lovelace.
Mas

Navigator (Remm Hehan, s190–s196)

> *There was Mas, the Cured. Mas, the Solitary. Mas, the Resistant. Mas, the Good. – A Good Heretic*
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**Mas** is a resistant Sianat who was cured from the Whisperer, making her a Solitary. She appears in *The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet*, and in the short story *A Good Heretic*.

## *A Good Heretic*

Mas was born on the Sianat homeworld and infected with the Whisperer during childhood. While the virus affected her body and gave her the ability to Navigate, it did not affect the way she viewed herself or the world around her. Mas kept this quiet out of fear, and did her best to blend in with the Pairs around her.

Mas trains to be a Navigator and gets a job on a Harmagian tunnelling ship. The traditional Sianat lifestyle makes her unhappy and eventually she confesses in Lum'matp, her captain. When the Wane sets in early, Lum'matp takes her to Arun, where Mas receives the cure and becomes a Solitary.

## *The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet*

### Heresy (121/307)

Ashby and Kizzy meet Mas when they contact the colony for a small piece of tech. Mas introduces them to the idea of a cure for Ohan, who is Waning.
Owl

**Owl** is an AI and one of the characters in *A Closed and Common Orbit*. She was originally owned by a Martian family who used the shuttle for vacations. They sold the shuttle, and Owl with it, to two Gaiist brothers who were arrested after coming to Aganon.

## Personality

Owl has a warm, maternal personality. She is kind and caring towards Jane 23 before even knowing her, and apologetic whenever there is something she does not know or cannot do.

## *A Closed and Common Orbit*

The shuttle that forms Owl's housing is discovered by Pepper, or Jane 23, when she runs away from the facility where she grew up. It becomes Pepper's home on Aganon until she is able to get the shuttle working again. The shuttle, and Owl along with it, are taken away from Pepper and Blue when they are rescued and taken to a GC outpost, since they are not old enough to legally own the ship.

The shuttle, with Owl still in it, eventually ends up in a branch of the Reskit Museum of Interstellar Migration on Kaathet. Owl's code is then taken from the shuttle and installed in Home, the bar run by Sidra at the end of the book.

## Relationships

### Pepper

Owl has a maternal relationship with Pepper, acting as a carer, teacher, and friend in the years of Pepper's life in the junkyard of Aganon. Owl remains a proud friend of Pepper after they are re-united many years later.

### Blue

After re-uniting with Pepper and Blue, Owl concludes that she is glad that her and Pepper brought Blue along when escaping Aganon.

### Sidra

Owl and Sidra met during the rescue of the former from the memory banks of a Centaur 46-C shuttle. Sidra skillfully partitioned her core body's storage and housed Owl's installation until she could be moved to a dedicated memory bank. Although risky and tumultuous, this experience ended a positive one. Both Sidra and Owl agree on many of the same things and have a dedicated shared node in the AI framework of Home that allows them to communicate as they did when sharing Sidra's body kit.
Mars

**Mars** is a planet in the Sol system which has only been partially terraformed, but is home to a large and cosmopolitan Human colony. All Martian cities are domed. The primary city of Mars is Florence, named after the first explorer to set foot on Mars. At the start of *The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet* (standard 306), the Martian president is identified as Kevin Liu.

Mars was first settled by Humans leaving Earth. Historically, one of the main causes of tension between Exodan and Solan Humans is that the wealthy Martian settlers shipped livestock through space while people back on Earth went hungry. In recent times, however, the two parties are attempting to overcome their differences. This is demonstrated, for example, by the All Stories Festival, and the reveal of a statue on Mars in commemmoration of the Oxomoco disaster that happened in the Fleet.

## Settlements

* Florence - the capital city of Mars. Alexandria University is located here.
* Spirit's Rest
* Perseverance
Remm Hehan

The ***Remm Hehan*** is a Harmagian tunnelling ship featured in *A Good Heretic*.

## Facilities

The ship is decorated in contemporary Harmagian style - bright and bold with a "celebration of smooth genomics". In the lowest decks, there is a shared salt-water pool calibrated for Harmagian use.

### Captain's quarters

Lum'matp's living space is decorated in the same style as the rest of the ship, contemporary Harmagian, but is much finer. The furnishings are expensive and curios from dozens of worlds are on display. The ceiling is decorated with a slowly shimmering rainbow of pixels. In the center of the room, there is an asymmetrical sunken pool lined with green lights, giving the impression of a glowing, bioluminscent sea.

### Mas' room

Mas' room is described as "a perfect place for a Pair". There is a lush Sianat-styled bed, a large mirror beside a basin for shaving the fur, and a large window for gazing and contemplating the stars. Also, there is a tank of swimming Laceworms – a Harmagian fancy.

## Crew

* Lum'matp – the captain, a female Harmagian.
* Mas – the Navigator, a female Sianat.
* Four other Harmagians.
* Two Aandrisks.
* One Aeluon.
Mini Muffin

**Mini Muffin** is a common Bakery Shopkin from Season One

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## Bio

**Favourite Hobby:**

Going to brunch

**Your friends would describe you as...**

Sweet inside and out with a lot of energy! Oh, and an early riser too!

**Your Shopkins BFF:**

Spilt Milk

**Where do you hang out?**

In the Bakery aisle

## Updated Ultimate Collector's Guide Info

**Favorite Meal:**

Brunch

**Best Time of Day:**

Morning. She's an early riser!

**Sports Skill:**

Yoga, especially the sunrise saluation

**Best Friend:**

Spilt Milk

**Quote:**

Today is a bran-new day!

## Appearance

Mini Muffin is a vanilla muffin with a blueberry-flavored top. She is dotted with miniature blueberries and has a dollop of whipped cream on her head and a flake.

Her variant is a chocolate muffin with a strawberry-flavored top. She is dotted with miniature strawberries and has a dollop of whipped cream on her head and a flake.

## Gallery

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Episode 50

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"**Their Place**" (彼らの居場所, *Karera no Ibasho*) is the twenty-fifth episode and the finale in Season 2 of *Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans*, as well as the fiftieth episode in whole and the series finale. It aired in Japan on April 2, 2017, and in North America on April 28, 2020.
Record of a Spaceborn Few

## Publication order

***Record of a Spaceborn Few*** is the third book in the Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers, and was published in 2018.

## Plot Summary

*From the ground, we stand. From our ships, we live. By the stars, we hope.*

Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are from but few outsiders have seen. Humanity has finally been accepted into the galactic community, but while this has opened doors for many, those who have not yet left for alien cities fear that their carefully cultivated way of life is under threat.

Tessa chose to stay home when her brother Ashby left for the stars, but has to question that decision when her position in the Fleet is threatened. Kip, a reluctant young apprentice, itches for change but doesn't know where to find it. Sawyer, a lost and lonely newcomer, is just looking for a place to belong.

And when a disaster rocks this already fragile community, those Exodans who still call the Fleet their home can no longer avoid the inescapable question: what is the purpose of a ship that has reached its destination?

## Characters

### Main Characters

* Isabel - An elderly archivist aboard the Asteria.
* Tessa - A loyal Exodan trying to raise her children on the Asteria. Ashby's sister.
* Kip - A teenager looking to leave the Exodus Fleet behind.
* Eyas - A caretaker on the Asteria.
* Sawyer - A lost and lonely newcomer.

### Other Characters

* Ghuh'loloan - A researcher at the Reskit Institute of Interstellar Migration, visiting the Asteria.
* Tamsin - Isabel's wife.
* Ras - Kip's best friend.
* Sunny - A host aboard the Ratri, and Eyas' friend.
* Aya and Ky - Tessa's children.
* George - Tessa's husband.

## Awards and nominations

* Included in the win for the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Series
* Nominated for the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Novel
* Nominated for the 2019 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
* Nominated for the 2018 Kitschies for Best Novel
Red coast bugs

**Red coast bugs** are a popular Human food, and a main staple in the kitchens of the Exodus Fleet and extrasolar colonies. They originated as a pest on an Aeluon colony. They are popular due to their nutritious inner body, described to taste similar to a dense version of crab meat, and small space requirements.

It is unknown which species can eat red coast bugs, though Humans, Aandrisks and Grum are definitely among them.

Dr Chef keeps a few red coast bug breeding tanks in the back of his kitchen aboard the Wayfarer. It is the first spacer meal Rosemary eats after coming aboard.
Kizzy Shao

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Kizzy, illustrated by Isabel Brothers

Kizzy (left) and Jenks (right), illustrated by Matt Harrison

Kizzy, illustrated by Isabel Brothers

**Kizzy Shao** is the Human mech tech of the Wayfarer.

## Appearance and Personality

Kizzy has dark olive skin and black hair, with the indistinct features that Exodans tend to have. Her skin looks as if she spends time in natural sunlight, which leads Rosemary to conclude she is from an extrasolar colony. She likes to wear bright clothing, such as orange jumpsuits while working and outfits with many clashing styles and colors that somehow work on her. She appears to be in her late twenties or early thirties.

Kizzy is an energetic, enthusiastic, and sometimes forgetful person. She is talkative and excitable, and loves to explain things she enjoys to others, such as physics and tunneling. Self-sufficient and a quick learner, Kizzy sometimes struggles when presented with challenges she can't fix with a wrench and swearing. She likes to help when other people need it, but is sometimes resistant to accepting help herself if it doesn't come in the format she wants.

## Early Life

Kizzy was born on an extrasolar colony called Mudskip Notch to her two dads. When Kizzy was five, she asked her dads if she could have a brother, but their colony wasn't doing well and they couldn't get a family expansion permit. Instead they got her a puppy.

With her dads, Kizzy traveled to Florence, Mars, for the All Stories Festival. She enjoyed the ice cream and the launching of lanterns to celebrate the reconciliation of Martian and Exodan humans.

Kizzy went to school for her tunnelling license, which was separate from basic tech studies.

## On Board the Wayfarer

Kizzy is the Wayfarer's mech tech, which means she is in charge of ensuring that all mechanical components of the ship and the technology within it are functioning correctly. She also operates the interspatial bore used for creating tunnels, along with Jenks' help.

After the attack on the ship by the Akarak group, Kizzy struggles to feel safe on the ship. She is able to work through her discomfort by talking with Pei about what the Aeluon woman is afraid of.

When part of the stasie breaks, Kizzy goes with Ashby to the colony of Solitary Sianats and is later heard to be angry about the way Ohan is choosing not to take the cure for the Wane.

## Relationships

### Jenks

Jenks is Kizzy's closest friend, to the point where she refers to him as her brother. She tries to help him through his pain after losing Lovey, and follows after him when he leaves the ship, along with Sissix. Jenks tends to be a more slightly more level-headed influence on Kizzy, but is easily pulled into her schemes and ideas.

### Rosemary

Kizzy quickly befriends Rosemary once she joins the crew, and helps make her feel at home by making curtains for her new room and explaining the physics of tunneling to her. When Rosemary doesn't have anywhere to go on leave, Kizzy invites her home to Mudskip Notch to meet her dads.
Sol system

The **Sol system** is the system around the star Sol, typically called "the Sun".

It is home to several Human settlements, including parts of Mars, orbiters around Saturn's moon Enceladus, and the Human homeworld, Earth, which is inhabited by Gaiists and Survivalists. Earth also has an orbital habitat ring around it which is the home of the Samsara Project, a Human-led reclamation effort.
Ketling

**Ketling** are big grasshopper-like creatures native to Cricket. They have ridged backs, layers of sharp-edged wings, antennae and thin hairs around their mouth and underneath their belly. They also have goo sacs filled with a sour-smelling, green, oily liquid beneath their jaws. The goo becomes spawn once it is fertilized.

In their dormant phase, ketling cluster in the crags and only engage when provoked. When they swarm, which happens for a few days every two years or so, they fly out and chew on everything.

Ketling is a food source for the inhabitants of Cricket.
Pop

**Pop** is a character in *Record of a Spaceborn* *Few*. He is Tessa and Ashby's father, Aya and Ky's grandfather, and George's father-in-law.

He can be ornery, but loves his family deeply and supports Tessa when she and George decide to move to Seed and away from the Exodus Fleet.

His great-grandfather, Great-pa, remembered contact, the first meeting between the Fleet and non-Human sapients that eventually led to the Fleet being given a star to orbit and Humans being accepted into the Galactic Commons.
Alaya-Vijnana System

The **Alaya-Vijnana System** (アラヤシキシステム *Araya Shiki Shisutemu*) is an organic interface system that was developed during the Calamity War as a way to maximize the abilities of mobile suits by granting their pilots acute spatial awareness.

## Etymology

Ālayavijñāna (आलयविज्ञान) is a Sanskrit term meaning “storehouse consciousness. It refers to the subliminal mental processes that occur effortlessly.

## Overview

The Alaya-Vijnana system consists of two parts: a connection port installed in the mobile weapon and nano-machines implanted into the pilot’s spine at a young age to let implant fuse with their nervous system as they grow older, but can be done on mutilated young adults as in the case of Ein Dalton. The implant surgery is dangerous, and can have lethal side effects. If the nano-machines do not fuse correctly with the intended host, that person can become paralyzed from the damage to their spine. If successful, a pilot can choose to have the surgery multiple times in order to increase the interface's effectiveness. After the implantation, the person has a protrusion on the back for physical connection to the Alaya-Vijnana interface in the mobile suit’s cockpit.

The Alaya-Vijnana System creates a pseudo-brain lobe in the pilot's body using nano-machines, and this allows the pilot's brain to directly process mobile suit data fed through the physical connection. As the pseudo-brain lobe also governs spatial awareness so the pilot's spatial awareness is enhanced. The more implants a person has, the higher their information transfer rate through the system. The system also allows the pilot (even uneducated ones) to operate the mobile suit for combat without requiring instructions or reading a manual of any sort. If any pilot's brain receives too much data feedback from a vehicle or mobile weapon at one time their cerebral nerves are damaged and they bleed profusely from their nose.
List of food

There are a variety of different foods and cuisines within the Galactic Commons, some harbouring ancient or recent cultural roots, others being new or niche.

## Aandrisk

* tisha – an inky brown liquid made from the sap of a tree that grows in the marshlands east of Reskit. There are two traditional ways of serving it: neat and very hot, or at room temperature with a drop of nectar syrup and a dash of salt. Sidra describes the taste as a forest.
* snapfruit
	+ snapfruit tarts

## Aeluon

* Autumn stew – a briny stew containing seared sea-bird and large, bubble-like roe.

## Commons

* mek – a mildly narcotic drink drewed from the bark of a certain tree.
* algae puffs – Known to be eaten by Harmagians.
* kick – a catch-all term for many different kinds of alcoholic beverages.

## Five-Hop One-Stop

* Crushcake
* Mellow-mallow pudding - a black, gelatinous pudding topped with swirls of plant shavings or spun sugar; sweet and earthy, with a bitter tang
* Sweet-and-salties
* Baby paws
* Mint crisps
* Jenjen cake
* Algae puffs
* Jelly straws

## Human

* Red coast bugs - an Aeluon pest that the Exodus Fleet adopted as a food source. They taste similar to a dense version of crab meat.
* ketling - big, grasshopper-like creatures native to Cricket.
* fire shrimp - a cheap snack from Mudskip Notch, Kizzy's home colony.
* Beansteak skewers
* Hoppers
* Jam cakes
* Twice-round pickle on a quickbun - ordered by Sawyer when he first arrives on the Asteria

## Sianat

* *hemle* - a nutrient paste consumed by Pairs.
Gora

**Gora** is the sole planet in the Tren system, it is a rocky planet with a thin atmosphere, no moons or rings, and no notable natural resources. It is a tunnel hub between five other highly travelled-to systems. Gora is home to Ouloo and Tupo of the Five-Hop One-Stop and is the primary setting of *The Galaxy, and the Ground Within*.

## History

Gora was first named by the Harmagian, its name meaning 'useless' in Hanto, due to its uninhabitability and lack of exploitable resources such as minerals or native life. It became of use during the Harmagian colonial era as a waystation along an interspatial tunnel route. Wormholes from that era had a more restricted range, leading to one route being split into multiple legs of tunnel-hopping each separated by spots of normal space. The Tren system was one of these spots of normal space, chosen for its convenient situation between five more desirable systems.

## Tunnel Hub

Gora hosts many establishments that aim to provide respite and diversion for the traveller waiting in a virtual queue for a wormhole, their departure meticulously scheduled by the Galactic Commons Transit Authority. Services offered on Gora include:

* Grocery stores
* Hotels
* Kick and smash vendors
* Repair shops
* Restaurants
* Sim vendors
* Swimming pools
* Tech swaps
* *Tet* houses

## The Five-Hop One-Stop

The Five-Hop One-Stop is a notable multi-species establishment that includes many amenities and attractions and is the primary setting of *The Galaxy, and the Ground Within*.
Ros Berry

Ros Berry is a rare Breakfast Shopkin from Season Six. She is an ingredient in the Waffles and Raspberries recipe.

## Bio

Ros Berry: A shy little berry who gets embarrassed easily. She's always turning red!

## Updated Ultimate Collector's Guide Info

**Favorite Colors:**

Black and Blue

**Known For:**

Getting in and out of jams

**Best Feature:**

Her raspy voice

**Nickname:**

Fruity cutie

**Quote:**

"How berrylicious!"

## Appearance

Ros Berry is a blue container of pink raspberries with a white rim.

## Trivia

* Despite the fact that Ros Berry is a carton of raspberries, her bio describes her as a single berry.
* She is the third raspberry based Shopkin, the first being Asbury Raspberry from Season Three, and the second being Rosa Raspberry from the Hot Waffle Collection.

## Gallery

Ros Berry toyRos Berry collector's tool artwork