Unity: Exoneration (2009/11/09)

Bailiff: Officer Juni Melrose, you are required for your court case.
Juni: And you just barged on in?
Bailiff: You have not checked your schedule and are now truant.
Juni: Bah. My rank must be meaningless now.
Juni: Fine, let me get some clothes.
Kila Rosha: Finally, we may commence. Good morning to you all. I am Arbiter Kila Rosha. I would like to thank you all for your respective cooperation in this difficult and complicated case.
Kila Rosha: Disclaimer: I only learned late in the tribunal process that my spouse was involved in this case. While their influence was broad, it was also shallow: neither I nor the adjunct members of this arbitration committee believe integrity was compromised.
Kila Rosha: Obviously, my views of the public government do not match those of Kali; our discussions tend to be quite... passionate. Moving on.
Kila Rosha: It is the opinion of this panel that Agency Captain Edward Lombard be exonerated of all charges leveled against him. It is clear that he was only doing that what was required of him, and he never placed anyone else in any actual danger, perceived threat aside.
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Unity: Sentence (2009/11/11)

Arbiter Kila Rosha: However, this case has exposed some internal Academy issues with implications sufficiently far-reaching that a declaration of opinion is necessary. Based on the testimonial presented from all parties, we feel that Dean General Tamu Haring has acted irresponsibly.
Rosha: While his intentions were noble, his actions showed a blatant disregard for the safety and sanctity of others and the Scientific Method.
Rosha: This Court also believes that much of the blame rests with Organeer First Class Juni Melrose, who has subjected itself and others to undue stress.
Brin [translating to Kajoshi for Hira]: The Arbiter believes that some blame belongs to Juni Melrose, who has given stress to herself and others.
Hira [Kajoshi]: I see.
Rosha: We recommend it seek psychiatric counseling before it is allowed to return to its research; while science must proceed, it must not be at the expense of our sanity, individually or collectively.
Rosha: Addendum: for violations of Tribunal protocol, Lieutenant Sasha Tzernikov is to serve a period of ten days without benefit of personal translation devices. I hope it finds this fitting.
Rosha: Per standard protocol, anyone may dispute these findings within the next five days, after which all information will be released to the public record. Case 193857 adjourned.
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Unity: A word (2009/11/13)

[[Juni and Ed hug by the exit to the courthouse]]
Juni: Ed... I"m so sorry you had to go through all that. And all for nothing.
Ed: Mm. Well. We had to try. At least I'm reinstated. But what about you?
Juni: I'll have to figure something out, I guess.
Juni: Kali implied they had a job for me... kind of menial, but at least it's not prostitution.
Ed: At the Axis? That's... couldn't you work for someone else in the Academy?
Juni: First I'd need to pass a psychiatric evaluation, and you know who gives those...
Ed: Oh.
Juni: Plus, after two court cases with a superior, nobody would want to touch me.
Tamu [approaching from behind]: Juni, may I have a word with you? In private?
Juni: Sure, I'd love things to get even worse.
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2009/11/11: When the end comes

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I've mentioned this before, but within the next few months, Unity will be ending. I have decided that when it does, I will provide some options for a "collection" version. For various reasons that I won't go into, it seems natural to me that it should be released initially as a DRM-free ebook of some sort. So here are the options I am thinking of: If there is enough interest in a print edition I'd probably go the Lulu route, although setting that up would be a huge amount of work and, if it's in color (which is important to the story), it would also be enormously expensive, so that seems like something of a last resort.

Just to keep things simple for me, I'd probably use Dreamhost Files Forever, although its UI kind of sucks. If anyone knows of another digital file fulfillment system that lets me just set a price on files and have them provided to people when they pay money, I'd be open to suggestions (including something that uses the Google Checkout API or whatever).

I'd appreciate any feedback.