Jack of Harts

Independence was the first colony outside The Wall, started by the NASA crew that discovered it.  The Peloran Contacted them there, and Independence claims to this day that it was First Contact.  According to Earth, the Peloran traveled to Earth to make Contact, with Independence’s claims based on clocks misaligned by the time dilation of decades of hyperspace travel.  Independence disputes this.  I teach history there.  Contact is a truly fascinating subject.