The weathermakers had been kind. The sky had been made to be overcast and gray. It was the perfect backdrop for the day. A slight breeze pushed against the new growth sprouting from underground. The fragrant wind was enough to allow the mourning pennants to flutter overhead as the Guardians and family members stood in a semicircle around the four new statues erected in Memorial Park.
Surrounding the perimeter of the park, more than a hundred thousand spectators stood and watched and listened to the eulogies given in memory of those lost. Above them the media broadcast the ceremony live to over a hundred planets.
Star paid little attention to the man of faith heading the memorials. Without any bodies they couldn’t have funerals. After discussing the options with each family, all had agr
