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The Solstice Massacre was a war crime that took place during the Barrayaran conquest of the planet Komarr. The two hundred Komarran Counselors that made up the planet's legislature surrendered on terms to Admiral Aral Vorkosigan and were held in a gymnasium in the capital dome of Solstice. On the orders of Vorkosigan's political officer, they were shot by Barrayaran security forces. Rebecca Galen, Ser Galen's sister and Duv Galeni's aunt, was among the Counselors killed.

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  • The Solstice Massacre was a war crime that took place during the Barrayaran conquest of the planet Komarr. The two hundred Komarran Counselors that made up the planet's legislature surrendered on terms to Admiral Aral Vorkosigan and were held in a gymnasium in the capital dome of Solstice. On the orders of Vorkosigan's political officer, they were shot by Barrayaran security forces. Rebecca Galen, Ser Galen's sister and Duv Galeni's aunt, was among the Counselors killed.
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  • The Solstice Massacre was a war crime that took place during the Barrayaran conquest of the planet Komarr. The two hundred Komarran Counselors that made up the planet's legislature surrendered on terms to Admiral Aral Vorkosigan and were held in a gymnasium in the capital dome of Solstice. On the orders of Vorkosigan's political officer, they were shot by Barrayaran security forces. Rebecca Galen, Ser Galen's sister and Duv Galeni's aunt, was among the Counselors killed. In response, Vorkosigan personally broke the political officer's neck with his own hands. He was tried for treason for it, and eventually demoted to Captain. The incident earned Aral Vorkosigan the name "Butcher of Komarr", and was one of the reasons behind the later Komarran Revolt. A Massacre Shrine was built in Solstice at a later date to honor the dead. Vorkosigan for the rest of his life bemoaned the "messy political legacy" left by the Massacre, ruining his up-to-then successful bloodless conquest. The Massacre's lasting effect continued even beyond the marriage of Laisa Toscane to Emperor Gregor, when some Komarran scientists attempted to destroy the wormhole connecting Barrayar with the rest of human space.
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