"The single biggest problem in communication
…is the illusion that it has taken place"
George Bernard Shaw – Ancient Terran Philosopher
F
ROM: BARON VLADIMIR HARKONNEN IV
TO: EMPRESS ARISTA ATREIDES V
MESSAGE:
NOW THAT THE GUILD IS ALLOWING INTER AND INTRA PLANETARY MOVEMENT, WE REQUEST AN IMMEDIATE CONVENING OF THE GREAT HOUSES OF THE LANDSRAAD BOTH MAJOR AND MINOR TO DISCUSS THIS ACT OF TERRORISM.
HEAD
HOUSE HARKONNEN
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INTERNAL MEMO
FROM: KWISATZ MOTHER
TO: MOTHER SUPERIOR
AS YOU ARE AWARE DAX ATREIDES HAS DEMONSTRATED PUBLICLY HIS ABILITY TO CONTROL THE WORMS OF ARAKKIS.
THE LADY ALEXI HAS BEEN MADE CONSORT TO THE NAEMPEROR.
WE ARE INVESTIGATING THE POSSIBILITY THAT HE MAY BE A KWISATZ HADERACH. GREAT MOTHER HELP US, FOR IF HE TAKES THE WATER OF LIFE WE MAY HAVE A REOCCURRENCE OF THE ERA OF MAUD'DIB.
KWISATZ MOTHER
~*~*~*~*~
INTERNAL MEMO
FROM: MOTHER SUPERIOR
TO: REVEREND MOTHER MO’HADIN
BE ADVISED OF THE FOLLOWING:
THE GUILD IS ONCE AGAIN ALLOWING INTER AND INTRA PLANETARY MOVEMENT, AS SUCH THE EXODUS OF THE BENE GESSERIT SHALL COMMENCE FORTHWITH.
WE HAVE ACCEPTED THE OFFER OF ASSISTANCE FROM THE AMBASSADOR OLAF OF CALADAN.
YOU ARE TO ATTEND THE MEETING OF THE LANDSRAAD, WHENEVER CONVENED.
MOTHER SUPERIOR
~*~*~*~*~
FROM: PRINCE RAMMEN CORRINO
TO: TERRAN GROWTH INC
I HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT I SHALL SOON HAVE NEED OF MY TROOPS.
PLEASE STAND BY FOR DEPLOYMENT AT SHORT NOTICE.
HEAD
HOUSE CORRINO
~*~*~*~*~
FROM: EMPRESS ARISTA ATREIDES V
TO: ALL MAJOR AND MINOR HOUSES OF THE LANDSRAAD
MESSAGE:
YOUR PRESENCE IS REQUIRED AT AN EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE LANDSRAAD TO BE CONVENED AT THE GRAND PLACE, ARAKKIS ON THE 21ST DAY OF THE MONTH OF MAUD'DIB AT THE NINETH HOUR IN THIS THE YEAR 39,176.
THERE WILL BE ONE AGENDA ITEM – THE RECENT TERRORIST ATTACKS ON KAITIAN AND GIEDI PRIME.
HEAD
EMPRESS ARISTA ATREIDES V
~*~*~*~*~
CONFIDENTIAL MEMO
FROM: THIRD STAGE GUILD NAVIGATOR
TO: ALL MEMBERS OF THE SPACING GUILD
MESSAGE:
THE SPICE MUST FLOW.
THIRD STAGE NAVIGATOR
THE SPACING GUILD
~*~*~*~*~
MEMO
FROM: IMPERIAL PLANETOLOGIST
TO: HRH ARISTA
MESSAGE:
HIGHNESS, I HUMBLY REQUEST AN AUDIENCE WITH YOU ON A MATTER OF GREAT URGENCY.
THO’AM KEYENS
IMPERIAL PLANETOLOGIST
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Commander of Dune
FanfictionFor twenty thousand years, Dune has had its power monopoly based in the spice Melange, found only on the Desert Planet Dune. With the House Harkonnen's bid for the spice trade, House Corrion's thirst for a lost throne and the Bene Gesserit's genetic...
