UTA TRIBUNAL TRANSCRIPT— KERENZA TRIALS DAY 97

Chief Prosecutor: Gabriel Crowhurst, BSA, MFS, JD

Chief Defense Counsel: Kin Hebi, BSA, ARP, JD
Tribunal: Hua Li Jun, BSA, JD, MD; Saladin Al Nakat, BSA, JD;
Shannelle Gillianne Chua, BSA, JD, OKT
Witness: Leanne Frobisher, Executive Director, BeiTech Industries,
MFA, MBA, PhD
Date: 11/04/76
Timestamp: 13:06
— cont. from pg. 1172—

Crowhurst, G: Perhaps we should get proceedings under way? Miss

Donnelly, is the video feed operating at your end?

Donnelly, H: We can see you, Mr. Crowhurst.

Crowhurst, G: Thank you for making yourself available to us today.

Please state your name and occupation for the record.

Donnelly, H: Hanna Alimah Donnelly. I don’t really have an occupa-

tion. My father was Charles Donnelly, commander of Jump Station
Heimdall.

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 Al Nakat, S: Miss Donnelly, the tribunal must again remind you
that remote testimony is a privilege, not a right. One can’t help but
notice your so-called Illuminae Group has a flair for the dramatic.
Should these proceedings devolve into melodrama or farce, I will
not hesitate to suspend the session, do you understand?

Donnelly, H: We understand, Your Honor.

Crowhurst, G: Miss Donnelly, you’ve already been sworn in. Do you

understand the penalties for providing fraudulent testimony to a
United Terran Authority tribunal?

Donnelly, H: I’m sure Dr. Frobisher’s lawyers can explain it to me.

Pretty certain they would’ve warned her before she got on the wit-
ness stand for her stand-up routine.

Hebi, K: Objection!

Donnelly, H: Hello, Leanne. Nice suit. A Feeney original, am I right?

Frobisher, L: [inaudible]

Hebi, K: Your Honors—

Al Nakat, S: Miss Donnelly, these are exactly the kinds of theatrics I

will not tolerate. You will address the tribunal members or counsel
only, or we will find you in contempt. Do I make myself clear?

Donnelly, H: Yes, Your Honor. Crystal.

Crowhurst, G: Miss Donnelly, the tribunal has already covered the

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 first and second segments of the Illuminae Files, addressing the ini-
tial invasion of Kerenza IV by BeiTech Industries—

Hebi, K: Objection. Alleged invasion.

Chua, S: Sustained.

Crowhurst, G: Apologies. Alleged invasion.

Crowhurst, G: We’ve reviewed records of the battle between the Lin-

coln and the Alexander. From there we moved on to the alleged
siege of Jump Station Heimdall by BeiTech special operatives and
the arrival of WUC science vessel Hypatia.

Donnelly, H: Don’t forget the universe almost imploding. Twice.

Crowhurst, G: Quite. And yet, you still haven’t explained how you’re
talking to us now. Jump Station Heimdall was destroyed. If, as you
claim, you and Heimdall’s remaining population traveled to the Keren-
za system before the station’s destruction, using the ship belonging to
Travis Falk—the Mao—you would have been trapped there with the
crew of the Hypatia, with no way of returning to the Core. With the
wormhole down, you wouldn’t even be able to transmit to us.

Donnelly, H: Ten points.

Crowhurst, G: So where are you right now, Miss Donnelly?

Donnelly, H: I’m not at liberty to say.

Crowhurst, G: But you’re not in the Kerenza system?

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 Donnelly,
Donnelly, That’d
H: H: That’d
be be
impossible.
impossible.
TheThe
Illuminae
Illuminae
Group
Group
saved
saved
twotwo
universes
universes
from
from
annihilation
annihilation
in in
a hyperspatial
a hyperspatial
paradox
paradox
event,
event,
butbut
we’re
we’re
notnot
miracle
miracle
workers.
workers.

Jun, H: Miss
Jun, H: Miss
Donnelly,
Donnelly,
please
please
answer
answer
thethe
question.
question.

Donnelly, H: Sorry.
Donnelly, H: Sorry.
No.No.
TheThe
answer
answer
is no.
is no.
We’re
We’re
notnot
in Kerenza.
in Kerenza.

Crowhurst, G: Very
Crowhurst, G: Very
well.
well.
So,So,
given
given
that
that
it should
it should
have
have
been
been
a trip
a trip
of of
several
several
thousand
thousand
years
years
back
back
to the
to the
Core
Core
without
without
jump
jump
travel,
travel,
would
would
youyou
care
care
to explain
to explain
to the
to the
tribunal
tribunal
howhow
it isityou
is you
andand
your
your
colleagues
colleagues
escaped
escaped
thethe
system?
system?

Donnelly, H: .H:. .. Not

Donnelly, . . Not
all all
of us
of us
did.
did.

Crowhurst, G: IG:beg
Crowhurst, I beg
your
your
pardon?
pardon?

Donnelly, H: Not
Donnelly, H: Not
all all
of us
of us
escaped
escaped
Kerenza,
Kerenza,
Mr.Mr.
Crowhurst.
Crowhurst.

Crowhurst, G: Are
Crowhurst, G: Are
youyou
saying
saying
some
some
of your
of your
group
group
areare
still
still
there?
there?

Donnelly,
Donnelly, I’mI’m
H: H: saying
saying
they’ll
they’ll
never
never
leave.
leave.
That’s
That’s
thethe
point
point
of of
all all
this.
this.
That’s
That’s
whywhy
we’re
we’re
here
here
today.
today.
To To
telltell
thethe
story
story
forfor
everyone
everyone
whowho
can’t
can’t
telltell
youyou
themselves.
themselves.
To To
shine
shine
a light.
a light.
To To
speak
speak
forfor
thethe
dead,
dead,
Mr.Mr.
Crowhurst.
Crowhurst.

Donnelly, H: The
Donnelly, H: The
dead,
dead,
Dr.Dr.
Frobisher.
Frobisher.

Al Nakat, S: Miss
Al Nakat, S: Miss
Donnelly,
Donnelly,
I will
I will
notnot
warn
warn
youyou
again!
again!

Donnelly, H: .H:. .. I’m

Donnelly, . . I’m
sorry,
sorry,
Your
Your
Honor.
Honor.

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 Crowhurst, G: Miss Donnelly, perhaps we can start at the beginning.
Given your predicament after Heimdall’s demolition, how did you
escape the Kerenza system?

Donnelly, H: That’s a long story. And it includes some people you

haven’t met yet. See, what we didn’t know at the time, what nobody
knew until after Heimdall station was destroyed, was that there
were still survivors on Kerenza IV.

[sound of crowd]

Jun, H: Order! Order in the court!

Crowhurst, G: I’m sorry, Miss Donnelly. Survivors?

Donnelly, H: Think about it. Four dreadnoughts attacked the planet

in the initial invasion, along with Mobile Jump Platform Magel-
lan. The Alexander crippled Magellan, so nobody could jump out
of the system, but only two dreads were actually destroyed. The
others were still in orbit around Kerenza IV with no way to get
home.

Crowhurst, G: So there was a BeiTech force on the planet?

Donnelly, H: Correct. By the time Hypatia reached the Heimdall way-

point, the occupying force had been stranded planetside for almost
seven months. Along with a bunch of colonists who never made it
out on the Alexander fleet.

Crowhurst, G: But wouldn’t these dreadnoughts and their BeiTech

crew have been able to transmit a message to Rapier? The BeiTech

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 operative on Heimdall? BeiTech would have known these survivors
were there, surely.

Donnelly, H: This is a little complex to explain. Fortunately, we just

happen to have assembled a file on the topic . . .

Frobisher, L: Of course you have.

Donnelly, H: No need to be snippy, Leanne.

Donnelly, H: Is everyone sitting comfortably? Anyone need to go to

the bathroom] bef—

Al Nakat, S: Miss Donnelly . . .

Donnelly, H: Okay, if you can open your readers to page one?

Donnelly, H: Once upon a time, on a little speck of ice at the ass end
of the universe known as Kerenza IV . . .

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