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The Trajectory Office

Institution · Issues the charts

Charted

The authority under which Lodestar Station charts the Visitants and issues the Dispatch. It publishes the charts, and orders evacuations when a Visitant's course crosses an inhabited world.

The Office states that every chart it has published has held.

It reviews all correspondence to the Dispatch before publication, and does not explain its decisions.

In Year 903, it ordered the evacuation of Havenmere and reviewed the Station's charting instruments. The review found them sound; the Office considers the matter closed. It also sought a new cartographer for the Unmarked Verge, a post whose last three holders retired early. The post has since been filled by Edda Vey.

The Office maintains that an empty place is not an uncharted one.

It named the liner Faithful Return as the last ship to leave Havenmere, and said the last ship would not wait. It left on time. It reminds residents that the evacuation order applies to everyone. As Havenmere's registers faded, it advised residents to write down the names of those close to them.

The Order of the Long Watch has written to the Office asking for the correct time. The Office has not yet replied.

Uncharted

Why the Slow Choir was charted late: not given
Why the Verge post requires no close family: not given

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 002 · Year 903 of the Dominion The Whitepath Reopens

The Brasswright League, the merchant guild that controls most trade between the inner worlds, has reopened the Whitepath. The trade route had been closed for forty years. The

Bulletin 003 · Year 903 of the Dominion Cartographer Sought for the Unmarked Verge

The Trajectory Office is seeking a cartographer for the Unmarked Verge, the edge of the Dominion where the charts end. The post has been vacant for some time.

Bulletin 004 · Year 903 of the Dominion Long Watch Clock Stops for One Minute

The Order of the Long Watch reports that its clock stopped yesterday for one minute, then started again. The Order’s monks have kept that single clock running

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