Suederwind wrote:Do all Loroi fleets / strike groups have a set of alien diplomats accompany them?
Most Loroi ships have a staff of Mizol on board, who can function as diplomats. Mizol also function as intelligence officers and political officers.
If you mean
alien diplomats, it's not standard for Loroi ships to carry foreign diplomats, but it does happen. Greywind's flagship has a full set of foreign ambassadors on board.
Suederwind wrote:Whats the reason that Historian AI is on the bridge? Is Tempo just keeping it there to annoy Stillstorm occasionally?
The Historian personality construct was transmitted from Mozin's courier. The "jar" that the construct inhabited is a Historian-made device that was already on board
Tempest. Command ships often have one or two on board so that if a Historian needs to visit, the Loroi can keep it out of their own computers.
Suederwind wrote:What kind fo "special services" does Rigai Mozin provide for the Loroi? Is his ship armed and how many other Barsam courier vessels are out there (one for every fleet)?
Because of the lack of FTL communications, couriers are very important in moving information. The Loroi, Barsam and Neridi all operate large numbers of couriers in the Steppes theater of operations. Some couriers run regular routes between bases, some stand by at bases waiting to sent to deliver special messages, and some run relays to fleets in the field. This last duty is difficult and dangerous, since they don't always know where the fleets will be (couriers usually don't have Farseers on board), and there's the chance of running into enemy forces. A typical Loroi courier is a corvette-class vessel with minimal armament.
Mozin's
Prophet's Reason is kind of the
Millennium Falcon of couriers; she's the size of a light cruiser, fast, and well-armed. Mozin sometimes operates as an armed courier, sometimes transporting high-priority cargoes, and sometimes performing other, "sensitive" missions. He has done jobs for Loroi Intelligence as well as for the Historians.
