>* The way the battle for Tau Ceti was handled was different. Normally
>when we get to Big Fight Scene/Episode we tend to follow the leads
>into the scrum, whereas here we really don't for half or more
>of the story. We see the scrum (it seemed anyway) mostly second or
>third-hand via news reports and reactions from characters on B6. It's
>an interesting change of pace.

The Second Battle of Tau Ceti (Operation TRIDENT) can be viewed in more specifics in the Featured Documents section: Preliminary Report: Operation TRIDENT

That's four years old, though, so I don't believe everything in it is still correct. I think they get word of Santiago's death much later than 1933 local on MArch 6th, for example, but I'd need to go check to make sure.

-Merc
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