The kett flagship, Verakan, is a heavily armed warship that serves as the Archon's central command post for the kett incursion into the Heleus Cluster.

to trespass upon the time or patience of another

The Si Kiang is one of China’s major rivers and forms the principal avenue of commerce for Liangkwang and the southwest. It is navigable for junks to the borders of Yunnan, while river steamers may reach Wuchow at the eastern margin of Kwangsi. Except for occasional sand bars and sharp bends, it might be utilized by ocean vessels.

They had lived down in horse barns, army “A” tents with the old blood-stains onto them, city hotels with canopy beds, woke up in back rooms of deadfalls where the bars had toothmarks end to end.