The Hegemony's Reason Put on the Record
2828 UCSD, Late Spring
In the late spring of 2828 UCSD the Prime Ganglion's office of the Cerebraun Hegemony directs Administrator-Voice Sohrel either to put the question of the Sentinel's authorship to Meridian's reef-cities or to state for the record why it was not put. Sohrel states the reason for the first time: the Hegemony is not prepared to act on any answer the reef-cities could give. The office records the reason against the Sentinel file and reserves the authorship question to itself, so it is no longer the Halyx administration's to put.
The same season the office asks the departing Survey Corps liaison, Tissadelle Shepherd, for an assessment of authorship under her own name. She enters no finding: the comparison on file is the Long Shelf's, and she has nothing to add to it.
Canon facts:
- The authorship question is the one that would join the Sentinel to Meridian's standing dispute over extraction pace.
- Whether the Sentinel is Meridian-built, older than the reef-cities, or unconnected to Meridian remains unresolved.