Matt shows T’mari the townhouse that once belonged to Annette, then reads the world’s snark about his youth tour from the front seat of an SUV. One furious livestream later, he fires his PR team, promotes T’mari into a wartime consigliere role, and reframes the world tour as something more than feel-good optics.
Maja expected backlash, maybe a stiff official warning. She did not expect Ninja Clan X, Star Wars door sounds, or two stormtroopers lounging with yakitori. Then the helmet came off, and Matt Marmaduke offered her a job, a tour, and a new name. T’mari promised diplomatic leverage, and mischief.
Reference guide to V’ren Trust shuttle and hull Types 8–60 supporting Earth Freehold operations, detailing roles, crew complements, performance limits, Earth–Lunar transit, and major Type 48/49 variants
A first-year plan maps the V’ren Trust tethered rail from Columbia to Rolla, Stockton, and Pittsburg, then west to Elkhart and north to Ogallala before looping through Ames Depot. Freight-heavy 200 kph segments give way to 800–1,550 kph high-velocity runs. Hubs and spurs seed 340 new settlements across CCA territory.
Seven days after the V’ren knelt before a Missouri Freeholder, Daniel Raynor of CPAN sits down with Matt Marmaduke and T’mari Th’ron in the Marmaduke home theater to talk sovereignty, stewardship, and the evolving role of trust in a post-collapse world. What emerges is a conversation about discipline, dignity, and the refusal to let history repeat itself.