Wreck of the Iron Tiger

Expedition

Once upon a time, Yeager Lexics found himself a Twi'lek teenage daughter named Ehlonna Lexics.

After two months (and a holiday between!) of silence, House Vormelantha flounced out of the Tapani Imperium and formed the Tapani Confederation, calling for All True Tapani to come join them. How is everyone not already thoroughly sick of politics, and wars, and drama? The Galactic Empire and Corporate Sector Authority officially acknowledged the new nation, which makes a tidy or swift correction impossible.

I sense a great disturbance in the Vors.

— Eleni Benacor, "Wreck of the Iron Tiger", Star Wars: Shards of Honor

Aral Vorkosigan sends Grand Admiral Vord'arcy's favorite extralegal minions off to do a favor for Vorkosigan's old friend Barnab Petophel, a shipping magnate. He needs some cargo salvaged from the edge of the Allandor System

It turns out that the Iron Tiger is one of several major starships, most of them damaged during the Twilight, that have either drifted together or have been deliberately towed together. On board the conglomerate, struggling to survive, are:

• Reavers
• Child gangs, made up of survivors from two or three passenger ships
• Not-at-all-child gangs, using this mess as a bolthole
• a few outright, frothing-at-the-mouth type lunatics

Hey, guys? I found

— Khun, "Wreck of the Iron Tiger", Star Wars: Shards of Honor

• K7

Vanya: Why was this plan discarded?
Khun: Because no plan survives contact ... with the party.

— there shoulda been fleeing by now, "Wreck of the Iron Tiger", Star Wars: Shards of Honor

Yeager and Star Destroyer, sitting in a tree
K I S S I N G

— Tsu Vorboccioni, "Wreck of the Iron Tiger", Star Wars: Shards of Honor