In A Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows:
the Terran Emperor leads a fleet to quell the barbarians on the Spican marches but were those barbarians paid to cause trouble in order to draw Imperial attention away from the Taurian Sector?;
when it is reported that human subversives on Diomedes are Dennitzan, the Gospodar of Dennitza, governor of the Taurian Sector, sends his niece to Diomedes to investigate and she is then framed for subversion!;
she is sold into slavery on Terra without anyone realizing who she is but then the news of her enslavement is quickly transmitted back to Dennitza;
Dennitzan Intelligence reports that the Merseians are mobilizing as if for an attack on the Empire whereas Terran Intelligence reports that they are not so did the Merseians put on a show for the benefit of Dennitzan spies, having been forewarned that they were on their way?
We do not need to be told the answers to all such questions. It is sufficient that the characters are caught in a web of deceptions and are unable to find their way out of it.
Dennitzans, both human and ychan, have developed customs and practices enabling them to cope more effectively with unrest than Terrans would have been able to do. The same goes for Avalonians, both Ythrian and human, at least those who are members of choths.
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Kaor, Paul!
I never thought of that before, but it would make sense for the Merseian Protector and his Grand Council to attempt stirring up trouble in a sector opposite from that of Dennitza's, precisely to distract Emperor Hans from paying more heed to the Taurian sector.
In the ordinary course of things, Kossara Vymezal would never have been treated the way we see described. Truly loyal and COMPETENT Imperial offices would have known better! At worse, she would have been treated with every courtesy under a kind of gentle house arrest while her case and claims were investigated.
Aycharyaych's schemes were meant to provoke both Terrans and Dennitzans into reacting clumsily to "provocations" designed to trigger a civil war in the Empire.
Ad astra! Sean
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