Construction supervisors Kemin Sol and Nira Kam discuss modular homes, cultural learning curves, and raising children on a new world. With humor and heart, their family shares what it means to build both shelter and belonging from the ground up.
V’ren xeno-biologist T’val E’shen reflects on memory, intimacy, and the biology of survival in her first Earthside interview. In the shade of the Freehold gardens, she speaks candidly about interspecies connection, risk, and the future being shaped by quiet adaptation.
Newly arrived V’ren refugees S’rala T’all and M’Rak Y’eslin reflect on injury, identity, raising a child in a strange land, and the stories they hope to pass down. What they carry is not just survival—but meaning.
V’ren pilot J’orel V’ani reflects on flying Earth’s unpredictable skies, transporting human press, and the quiet moment that made him homesick for a place he hadn’t yet left.
As a public thank-you for his tireless work, Matt gifts K’rem a fully customized truck—complete with V’ren-language interface and all the horsepower one needs to feel truly at home in Missouri.
In a rare private audience, High Lord Matt Marmaduke counsels T’monn and L’tani on trust, alliances, and the power of perception in their new world.
On June 1, 2440, less than 24 hours after the Calnareth’s unplanned Missouri landing, Freeholder Matt Marmaduke answers direct questions about first contact, rapid response, and the challenges of welcoming 100,000 alien refugees into the Freehold.
Alone in her quarters at day’s end, T’mari records a private message to W’ren. She admits her first-contact misstep, reflects on Matt’s quiet gravity, and shares her worries for L’tani. Between the Missouri twilight and her own sleepless thoughts, she resolves to do better—for her people, and for Earth.