Julius Forrender

Alliance discussions

Forrender agrees to visit Echo after his government verifies the ship's location. He supports a proposed extraction of a mentally gifted human–Flaxen prisoner and provisionally agrees to manufacture supplies requested by Eastcott.[2]

Account of the war

Forrender recounts Earth's religious stagnation, William Hornica's revolution, the rebuilding of United Earth, and the expansion of the Flaxen settlements into conquest. He states that the alleged collapse of Venus's climate protection was fabricated to gain entry to Earth, a deception the Flaxens later admitted in propaganda.[3]

Ceasefire

Forrender told Eastcott that Brookes' African bombardment had killed as many Flaxens as Humans. United Earth held its forces on standby while Flaxen factions continued to fight each other. Their most senior general had approached United Earth to arrange the ceasefire.[6]

Peace and atonement

Forrender mourned Eppleston and agreed to meet Eastcott about Venus. He said that a year earlier he would have accepted nothing less than the destruction of the Flaxens, but had come to understand their circumstances and their right to atonement.[6]

Related records

Sources

Simon Evans, The Flaxen Tyranny, first edition (2023). Page numbers refer to the printed pagination of the source edition.

1. Chapter 9 · pp. 67
2. Chapter 12 · pp. 89–92
3. Chapter 13 · pp. 93–100
4. Chapter 14 · pp. 101
5. Chapter 27 · pp. 220
6. Chapter 38 · pp. 316–318