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Commence log report, Aeryn Sun recording.

Completing assignment as requested.

I've never been very good with words, Pilot, so I apologize if this isn't exactly what you're looking for. But I'm going to try and give you the best interpretation of the events that took place, without allowing my own emotions to interfere with the facts. I'm fairly good at that, at least.

Crichton, D'Argo, Chiana, Rygel and I were on the Royal Planet; Zhaan was back on Moya with you.

The Royal Planet is a strange place, Pilot. It is the capital of a group of worlds known as the Breakaway Colonies, which declared independence from the Peacekeepers. In many ways, the Sebaceans who live here are more like myself than any other Sebaceans I've met. It's nice to be surrounded by my own kind again, even if these Sebaceans spend their time drinking and kissing one another with no ambition beyond finding a mate.

Empress Novia's eldest daughter, Princess Katralla, was apparently approaching her deadline for finding a mate with compatible DNA whom she could marry in order to take her place on the throne. They use a kind of chemical that they place on their tongues when they kiss, and if the chemical tastes sweet during the kiss it means the DNA of the couple is compatible and they can mate and produce healthy children.

Somehow, the princess's DNA had been altered, making all the other Sebaceans on the planet incompatible mates. I believe this is the work of her brother, Prince Clavor, who would be the next in line for the throne if the princess is unable to marry. Clavor appears to be working with a Scarran, though I'm not sure what that species' interests are in such a remote world.

Anyway, although this DNA-altering made the princess incompatible with Sebaceans, it apparently made her compatible with Humans. At least, she was compatible with our Human, John Crichton.

D'Argo and Chiana and I lost contact with Moya at roughly the same time we identified Scorpius' ship entering the system. As far as we know, you and Zhaan fled the system when you saw Scorpius, but rather than pursue Moya, Scorpius came down to the planet to look for Crichton.

Meanwhile, the princess and her mother were ecstatic; finally, the princess had found a compatible mate and would be allowed to take the throne.

Crichton didn't want to marry Katralla at first, especially when the Empress told him he had no say in the matter. D'Argo and Rygel tried to convince Crichton that it was the wise choice, especially with Scorpius on the prowl. D'Argo even cut a deal with Scorpius that the rest of us would be spared if Crichton married Katralla.

I firmly believed we would be able to escape Scorpius, as we always have in the past. I still believe it, Pilot. But Crichton seemed convinced by D'Argo's decision. Either that, or he actually developed feelings for this princess, though I don't want to believe that's the case. Men are fickle, though, Pilot. And I'm not any closer to knowing Crichton's feelings now than I've ever been.

"Better wed than dead," Crichton said to me.

I was almost ready to believe him, even when the Scarran — convinced I was working for Scorpius — decided to question and then attack me. I gave him a few bruises he won't forget.

I was almost ready to believe that marrying the princess was the right decision for Crichton, and almost ready to give him up to her and accept that I would never see him again.

Then Crichton learned exactly what his ascension to the throne would entail.

For 80 cycles, commencing immediately after the wedding, the bride and groom would be turned into statues.

Not an appealing prospect for Crichton, to be sure. And I wasn't convinced Scorpius would spare the rest of us, regardless; his word doesn't mean much to me. But if Crichton refused the marriage, it was certain Scorpius would have us all....