. . . "*Coalition of Ordered Governments"@en . . "Unknown; During the Pendulum Wars"@en . . . . "*Locust War"@en . "Six weeks after the Armistice between the UIR and COG that ended the Pendulum Wars, Arden was commanding the Betancourt Star as she headed for the city of Porta Ogari to drop off a supply of Imulsion at the refinery there. As he sat on the bridge watching minesweeping vessels clear the path for the Star, his engineer and friend Dizzy Wallin entered the bridge and gave him a cup of coffee, and remarked how lonely the view seemed without other ships being in a convoy with them. Arden told him it would take some getting used to, and that he considered peace to be abnormal, since no one alive remembered a time when Sera had been at peace. He asked Dizzy when his son would get discharged, and Dizzy told him that his unit had returned to New Sherrith the previous week. Arden told him that there "@en . . . . "Six weeks after the Armistice between the UIR and COG that ended the Pendulum Wars, Arden was commanding the Betancourt Star as she headed for the city of Porta Ogari to drop off a supply of Imulsion at the refinery there. As he sat on the bridge watching minesweeping vessels clear the path for the Star, his engineer and friend Dizzy Wallin entered the bridge and gave him a cup of coffee, and remarked how lonely the view seemed without other ships being in a convoy with them. Arden told him it would take some getting used to, and that he considered peace to be abnormal, since no one alive remembered a time when Sera had been at peace. He asked Dizzy when his son would get discharged, and Dizzy told him that his unit had returned to New Sherrith the previous week. Arden told him that there was always room for a trainee engineer in the Merchant Fleet if his son wanted a new job. As they got closer to the port, Dizzy told him he would be talking a walk on the deck to watch the sunrise. Arden remarked that he seemed to be acting like a man making a fresh start, and Dizzy told him that he was, since the whole world seemed to be doing it."@en . . . . . "Robb Arden"@en . "*Betancourt Star"@en . "Male"@en . "Robb Arden"@en . .