Full Circle

"Full Circle" is a short story set in the Celestial Lance Universe. The events in the story occur between Rakonber 17, 4117 and February 29, 4128.

Characters

Main

• Saoirse Watanabe – Lieutenant Colonel in the Interstellar Cataloguing and Exploration Service and the protagonist of the story.
• Neerja Midichye – A human slave of the Kimmalevoi encountered by Saoirse just before the revolution. She becomes close friends with Saoirse.
• Tomas Ölander – A human slave from Verthandi in the Norn Cluster. Saoirse met him at the same time as she did Neerja, and he became close friends with Saoirse.

Secondary

• Adele Watanabe – Saoirse's daughter.
• Commander Jon Persht – Saoirse's XO on the Hapalolo.
• Corporal Chesnim Leeley – Communications officer on the Hapalolo.
• Scout First Class Vomar Nuspio – A human Kimmalevoi scout. He was trapped on Cellan Three for over a month

Mentioned in passing

• Keo – Saoirse's husband.
• Sadothim – Leader of the revolution against the Kimmalevoi and the one who seized power after the revolution with the help of Idivan.
• Idivan – Sadothim's second in command and leader of the Revolutionary Kimmalevoi Army (RKA).

Ships

• Hahaualoa – Saoirse's exploration sphereship, as well the artificial intelligence that operated it. It was destroyed when Saoirse was captured after encountering the Kimmalevoi.
• Hapalolo – Saoirse's flagship during her exploration of the UP726184-A system. It's name means "half brain" since it doesn't have an AI but the computer is still pretty sophisticated and can respond to many voice commands. Saoirse named it.
• Lahalaha – A support ship in Saoirse's expedition, captained by Neerja. Saoirse named it that because it means "spread out". It's a wide and relatively flat ship used to hangar Gadli-class attack and scouting craft, often called "Strikers", on extended missions. It can hold up to 136 of them, though it usually has a complement of 92.
• Mazwe – A Gadli-class scouting ship
• Sterkarm – A Kimmalevoi slave ship.

Locations

• Athsinahd system – The Kimmalevoi homeworld and location of the new Kimmalevoi government after the revolution.
• Qoro system –
• Rau system –
• UP726184-A system –

Organizations

• Malevorum –
• Revolutionary Kimmalevoi Army (RKA) –
• Revolutionary Kimmalevoi Scouting Corps (RKSC) –

Technology

• Autopistol
• Body armor
• Dermal communicator – A subvocal method of communications.
• Medkit
• Rifle
• Skinsuit
• Vibroknife