Mmm. Pretty good chapter. Lots going on.
Is the no-twilight thing something you know actually happens with planets or did you make it up/copy it from more fiction? Though that Twilight joke was pretty good. But those movies are worse than meh, I'd say.
Shira's back, too!!! Yee! Will be interested to see how she and Nathaniel work together with Edwin and Kate.
Though damn, Kate's sure got a lot on her plate. Spectre Borg, Maelstrom, amnesia, corrupted family looming in the background. I do like her journey of (re)discovering her powers, though, as we get to see a lot of interesting stuff. And Grace's reappearance is cryptic and ominous. Just what amnesiac Kate needs.
I think the only planets that are in range of 2000 light years to Jirdia are Danvaria, Alkavor and Gallant II. Elistra and Gallant IV seem to be closer than Demakor, but are also not in range. Gallant III is farthest of all, of the ones discussed. Actually, just checked it on GIMP. Gallant II is just barely inside my rough semicircle and Danvaria is just outside. That being said the positionings aren't necessarily final, so we can ignore them a lil' bit + the range being possibly more than just 2000 LY exactly. The rest might be a bit of a stretch though.
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I relate to the folks having to explain what Imagination is so much.