Princessa was a nasty place. The Terran Dominion loaded a Colony and Exile ship with dissidents and hard-landed it on the planet.
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“I saw the Imperial Archives on Ceres. After three thousand years it still bears the blast marks from the Soviet assault fleet.”
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Why does my phone autocorrect remember to fermenter? What’s it telling me?

I have no name, Physicist Zek. What need has the ruler of an empire of a name? But you may call me Kosmos. You serve the Kosmos.
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My dear Zek, I was Dmitri Melenkov, Grand Fleet Admiral of the Third Soviet Empire. I was younger then, a thousand years ago.
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Got a nice personal rejection from Janet Carden, Editor of Crimson Streets. Check them out for excellent crime noir and pulp!
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“I have lived for more than a thousand years. I am the empire. I have no need for a mere name. Names are for lesser creatures.”
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And the story is done-ish.
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