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On Zeta Halo, Spark inserted the coordinate key into the installation's [[Cartographer]] with Rion adding her touch as a Reclaimer. The Cartographer displayed a star map pointing to a location on [[New Carthage]] before ejecting the key and a second component which Rion combined together. A [[slipspace portal]] opened and pulled Rion through, although Spark managed to keep hold of the coordinate key.{{Ref/Novel|PoL|Chapter=16}} When [[Ram Chalva]] inserted the coordinate key into a terminal at the way station that the map pointed to, it released a third component to the key. When the pieces of the coordinate key were put together, it pointed to [[Erebus VII]] with no spots for a fourth piece.{{Ref/Novel|PoL|Chapter=28}} | On Zeta Halo, Spark inserted the coordinate key into the installation's [[Cartographer]] with Rion adding her touch as a Reclaimer. The Cartographer displayed a star map pointing to a location on [[New Carthage]] before ejecting the key and a second component which Rion combined together. A [[slipspace portal]] opened and pulled Rion through, although Spark managed to keep hold of the coordinate key.{{Ref/Novel|PoL|Chapter=16}} When [[Ram Chalva]] inserted the coordinate key into a terminal at the way station that the map pointed to, it released a third component to the key. When the pieces of the coordinate key were put together, it pointed to [[Erebus VII]] with no spots for a fourth piece.{{Ref/Novel|PoL|Chapter=28}} | ||
On Erebus VII, Spark placed the key into a terminal and it summoned a [[Monitor]] known as the [[Precept]] who revealed that he had initiated the slipspace portal after sensing that Rion was a Reclaimer and summoned her to Erebus VII to judge her through Rion's experiences on the planet with the [[Eiyaa-Mahtuhaa]]. After studying Spark, the Precept decided that he could proceed and tested Rion's [[geas|biological memory]]. Satisfied, the Precept returned the coordinate key to Spark and Rion with coordinates and access permissions to [[Bastion]] for the two of them alone.{{Ref/Novel|PoL|Chapter=35}} | |||
The coordinates led the two to a static slipspace portal in orbit of a moon in an unnamed star system which the coordinate key allowed them to pass through.{{Ref/Novel|PoL|Chapter=37}} The ''Ace of Spades'' emerged over Bastion in the [[Orion complex]] which proved to be a [[shield world]].{{Ref/Novel|PoL|Chapter=38}} | |||
On [[Bastion]], the Librarian's secret laboratory, Rion used the coordinate key to launch the ''[[Eden (spaceship)|Eden]]'' alongside a hard light key used by [[Keeper-of-Tools]]. Keeper told Spark that the key was meant to be brought to Bastion by the Librarian herself and that Rion's involvment was a last resort by the Librarian to enact her plans. Keeper revealed that the key, along with leading to Bastion, allowed unrestricted access to and control over Bastion and its caretakers.{{Ref/Novel|PoL|Chapter=41}} After ''Eden's'' departure, Spark used the coordinate key to assume control of Bastion as its new caretaker as Keeper had wanted.{{Ref/Novel|PoL|Chapter=42}} | |||
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