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 In 2019, the base, [[Morningstar 1]], has become a cause for concern back in the [[Cupid Homeworld]]; reports from [[Governor-105]] have become more and more infrequent, with the last few indicating that he had sent unauthorised Cupid missions to the 97th Cosmos's Earth without checking with the appropriate authorities in the Homeworld first, and the last message anyone received from Morningstar 1 being a garbled S.O.S. received on the [[Psychic Receptor]]s instead of a proper report of any kind. After debating the matter in [[Cupid Parliament|Parliament]], the [[Cupid Council]] do what they usually do: they send the [[Department of Problem-Solving]].
-[[Pythagoras-858]], [[Juliet-178]], [[Carter-1277]] and [[Edwin-750]] thus fly there in [[Department of Problem-Solving's Fog Ship|the Department Fog Ship]], a journey lasting only two minutes, but during which [[Edwin-750]] still manages to fall asleep as a side-effect of his recent ill-fated decision to create a psychic link between himself and a [[Sloth (The Resurrection of the Wellsians)|sloth]]. Walking to the base, they knock on the huge golden doors and, after going through an airlock (which prompts Pythe to briefly wonder why the Morningstar Cupids, who don't need to breathe, have bothered with an airlock-sealed inner atmosphere at all), are greeted in the main hall by the deputy governor. He turns out to be [[Juliet-178]]'s brother (that is, one of the two robots who were on either side of her on the production line): [[Dactylopius-177]]. Though he is tactful in his wordings, Dactylopius confirms that [[Governor-105]] has become increasingly erratic and tyrannical, and accidentally provides further evidence that the Morningstar Cupids have become extremely isolated from goings-on in the [[Cupid Homeworld]] when he displays a complete lack of awareness of the [[Sisters of Juliet]] [[Incident C179B|incident]]. He also tells them of certain recent digging operations, initially assuming that it's what they've come to inspect.
+[[Pythagoras-858]], [[Juliet-178]], [[Carter-1277]] and [[Edwin-750]] thus fly there in [[Department of Problem-Solving's first Fog Ship|the Department Fog Ship]], a journey lasting only two minutes, but during which [[Edwin-750]] still manages to fall asleep as a side-effect of his recent ill-fated decision to create a psychic link between himself and a [[Sloth (The Resurrection of the Wellsians)|sloth]]. Walking to the base, they knock on the huge golden doors and, after going through an airlock (which prompts Pythe to briefly wonder why the Morningstar Cupids, who don't need to breathe, have bothered with an airlock-sealed inner atmosphere at all), are greeted in the main hall by the deputy governor. He turns out to be [[Juliet-178]]'s brother (that is, one of the two robots who were on either side of her on the production line): [[Dactylopius-177]]. Though he is tactful in his wordings, Dactylopius confirms that [[Governor-105]] has become increasingly erratic and tyrannical, and accidentally provides further evidence that the Morningstar Cupids have become extremely isolated from goings-on in the [[Cupid Homeworld]] when he displays a complete lack of awareness of the [[Sisters of Juliet]] [[Incident C179B|incident]]. He also tells them of certain recent digging operations, initially assuming that it's what they've come to inspect.
 The digging in question is ongoing in the lower levels of the base. It was originally begun to dig a new personal swimming pool for the Governor, but the two [[Mark III]] Cupids handling the operation, [[Mandragora-257]] and [[Digger-291]], seem to be up to something sinister, and Digger runs to Mandragora to warn him about the visitors so that they can “hide all [their] stuff”. Mandragora, however, replies that he will do no such things, as the Homeworlders seeing the “stuff” is all part of the plan. He then tells Digger to leave him alone as he returns to “the work”.