Some Desperate Glory

This chapter is an excerpt from The War in Heaven, a fictional book by F. R. Levy. The excerpt details how the war ended with the Zi Sin Accords, but four dreadnoughts were taken over by rebels. Elora and other crew members were not involved in the rebellion. Admiral Isamy Russell commands the rebels publicly, but Jole runs the operation from behind the scenes. He is genetically altered for war: He is a Hagenen commando but not actually a commander.

Next, there is a list of eight categories of habitable planets. Barren worlds require extensive work to become habitable. Capital worlds have been long inhabited and have several “nodes of the Wisdom” technology (111). Citizen worlds are less developed, but each has one Wisdom node. Enclave worlds have primitive civilizations and are protected by the Wisdom until they are ready to join the majoda. Free worlds are recently settled, still in development, and supposed to become citizen worlds. Garden worlds are advanced and able to produce new life forms. Garden worlds are often synonymous with home worlds, which is where species originate. Museum worlds could be settled, but the Wisdom has forbidden it. In one case, this rule was overturned: Chrysothemis.