>Naismith/Vorkosigan is mentioned as being a freespacer, Harrington
>wasnt though another RMN officer was in the past (You elected HIM as
>fleet admiral???) so its understandable where the confusion began\

His father, Admiral Aral Vorkosigan, was also mentioned in another story as being the Freespacer Ambassador to the Federation, and the individual who delivered the diatribe before the Freespacers withdrew and became PNG in Federation space.