Nyoka returned to Monarch to take another crack at making a permanent life for herself.
Parvati moved into crew quarters and found work servicing water pumps in hydroponics. Their relationship couldn't survive the strain. Stymied by dwindling resources, Junlei struggled to keep the Groundbreaker afloat. She and Junlei were never far apart.Īs the Board began to roll out their Lifetime Employment Program, Parvati was increasingly plagued by dreams of freezing to death, and rarely left their shared quarters. Having served as the engineer of a renowned spacecraft, tramp freighters and wildcat miners sought her out by name, and in no time, she was a fixture in the Groundbreaker's mechanical ecosystem. The stories of her adventures spread across the colony, and Parvati soon found herself the center of attention.
Once the matter with the Hope colonists was resolved, Junlei bashfully asked Parvati if she'd like to join her permanently on the Groundbreaker, and Parvati enthusiastically - if somewhat awkwardly - agreed. His only regret was that they had not lived long enough to see that he was right all along. He denounced his spiritual meanderings as a misguided attempt to come to terms with his long-dead parents. Max eventually rose to the top, becoming the Presiding Bishop of the 051. Unshackled from a lifetime of striving and fighting the universe and himself, Vicar Maximillian DeSoto was finally at peace.Īs a reward for his part in her courageous rescue, the Adjutant invited the Vicar known as Max to become one of the leaders of the Order of Scientific Inquiry. He only ever took up arms again to defend the defenseless. He knew there were many in the colony who carried burdens much worse than the ones he had struggled with, and he devoted himself to easing their suffering wherever he could. He was never heard from again.Īs much as he enjoyed his adventures aboard the Unreliable, the Vicar known as Max eventually decided that it was to move on, to live out the life he had sought so long to create. The Board's victory crushed any hope for a grand revolution across Halcyon, and so Felix once again found himself without a purpose in life.Īnd so, disillusioned with his former boss and with nowhere left to go, Felix left his crew without saying goodbye. Eventually, Felix realized that the work of a revolution was done with two hands.Īs the Board reasserted control over Halcyon, Felix came to realize that his life as an upstart rebel had come to an end. There was only the hard, desperate work of trying to repair a broken colony.įelix never had a head for numbers, but if there was labor to be done, he was there to help. There was no great awakening for the colony, no celebrations in the streets. The grand revolution he'd dreamed of never came. Life in Halcyon was sobering for Felix Millstone. She hired a small crew and flew supply missions to communities on the fringe.Ĭomplete The Lone Crusade Favorably to Ellie With a steady income from the life insurance payouts, she was finally able to afford a ship of her own. She finally admitted - albeit grudgingly - that she just might need other people. Your influence shifted Ellie's perspective.