Codex · Visitant

The Slow Choir

Visitant · First charted Year 903

Charted

A Visitant on course through the Havenmere system. Its crossing prompted the evacuation of Havenmere's four million residents.

It did not appear on any chart until the week before the evacuation order.

Residents of Havenmere report a sound at night, like many voices holding one note. The Office has not linked the sound to the Slow Choir. As its arrival nears, some residents say the sound is no longer one note, but voices, some of them familiar.

In Year 903, the Trajectory Office's review of the charting instruments found them sound. They now chart the Slow Choir, and it remains on course. The review did not say why it was charted late.

From Havenmere it can now be seen: on the night side, a band of sky shows no stars, wider each night.

It is due to pass through the Havenmere system at the end of the evacuation countdown. The last ship, the liner Faithful Return, left Havenmere two days before its arrival.

Uncharted

Origin: not charted
Nature: not charted
Reason for late detection: not given (the instrument review found no fault)

Appears in the Dispatch

Bulletin 001 · Year 903 of the Dominion Havenmere Ordered Evacuated

The Trajectory Office has ordered the evacuation of Havenmere. A Visitant called the Slow Choir will pass through in nineteen days. Four million people must leave.

The Slow

Bulletin 006 · Year 903 of the Dominion Last Ship to Leave Havenmere in Six Days

The Trajectory Office has named the last ship to leave Havenmere. The liner Faithful Return will depart in six days, two days before the Slow Choir arrives. No

Bulletin 007 · Year 903 of the Dominion Instrument Review Finds No Fault

The Trajectory Office has concluded its review of the charting instruments here at Lodestar Station. The instruments are sound. They are charting the Slow Choir now, and it

Bulletin 008 · Year 903 of the Dominion Names Fading from Havenmere Registers

Wardens on Havenmere report that the district registers are fading. Names have gone from the pages. In the empty districts, the street signs are blank.

Some residents waiting

Bulletin 009 · Year 903 of the Dominion Faithful Return Leaves Havenmere

The liner Faithful Return left Havenmere this morning, on time. It carried the last of the wardens, and the last residents who registered for a ship. No ship