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During this period of crisis the most intense Kirlian auras had to be marshaled for action. By an anomaly of transfer and regressive mutation that transcended ordinary genetics, the greatest aura intensity ever measured in the modern galactic cluster imbued the person of a lineal descendant of Flint and Andromeda, with no prior manifestation in the intervening line. It was 223, and the entity’s name was Melody of Mintaka, and she was ten Mintakan years old, a reader of Tarot, with a mind as fiercely individual as her amazing aura. Chaining the lady would be quite a task!

SOL SPHERE
as viewed from Polaris

Rings marked at 30-light-year intervals

Regression effect:

within 30 light-years of Sol—Machine Age

within 60 light-years of Sol—Renaissance

within 90 light-years of Sol—Dark Age

within 120 light-years of Sol—Stone Age

Figures following star names refer to positive or negative (-) declination: i.e., elevation above or below the disk shown (example: Etamin and Kaus Australis are not close together, but separated by 86 degrees, or about 150 light years)

VICINITY CLUSTER
Dominant Spheres of the Galactic Segment