The Komarr integration scheme referred to a movement among Barrayaran progressives to transform the relationship between Barrayar and Komarr from conqueror-conquered to equal partners. "There's been a movement among the Progressives—spearheaded by my father—to fully integrate Komarr into the Empire. It's not a real popular idea with the Barrayaran right. It's a bit of an obsession with the old man—'Between justice and genocide there is, in the long run, no middle ground,'" Miles intoned." ―Miles reflects on his father's role in the scheme