Jack of Harts

The Peloran Treatments had many purposes. One of the primary ones was to boost our immune systems so we could fight off diseases. And in most people, it recognized my family’s supersoldier serum as a disease to be fought. Louis was one of the minority of people who took the Peloran Treatments and did not then reject the supersoldier serum. That allowed him to match our physical reflexes and made him a superior combat pilot. Add that to his lawyer’s cunning, and he was a dangerous foe. And an equally dangerous friend. Make no mistake. He was a good man. He was a good Cowboy, and more. But the Shang got him at Epsilon Reticuli. It is amazing what fulcrums of history can turn on a single life. Or death. He was a stronger fulcrum than most, and the worlds today have been profoundly affected by his death.

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