Dominic Flandry asks himself who or what he is loyal to - neither to faithless Emperor Gerhart nor to the Terran Empire that has become a walking corpse. Nevertheless, he formulates an adequate list:
the Pax;
security for some generations before the Long Night;
his corps;
his satisfying job;
a tomb on Dennitza;
various memories.
For previous discussion of the issue of loyalty, see:
This is a major issue of the Technic History. David Falkayn makes a pivotal decision about loyalties in "Lodestar" and again in Mirkheim.
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Kaor, Paul!
But we also see Miriam Abrams not quite agreeing with Flandry in being so dismissive of the Empire as such. Like her father, Max Abrams, she still took the Empire seriously, which does not mean being blind to its flaws.
I would still argue that deep down, in his heart, even Flandry still cared about Terra. After all, as he told Gospodar Bodin in A KNIGHT OF GHOSTS AND SHADOWS, "I have my own people."
Ad astra! Sean
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