Grand Chancellor Broż, caught up to Aeryn outside of med bay eyeing the seasoned Peacekeeper, "I'm curious why do you need the explosives?"
"I plan to destroy my husbands ship and all his research… right now everyone agrees Wormhole weapons are a bad idea, but."
"Their will always be someone that comes along and questions the wisdom!" Grand Chancellor Broż replied eying her, "Request granted!"
"Everything alight!"
Leaning in Grand Chancellor Broż, lowers his voice to barely a whisper, "Make sure this one knows both cultures."
"I have 2 one my own, I recognize the glow!" winking at her he was on his way.
Looking at him Aeryn, "Keep this top secret."
Turning one a dime The Grand Chancellor entered the med bay and approached the person in charge, "All the data from the scan of Commandant Aeryn Sun- Crichton is to be destroyed am I clear
"Grand Chancellor?"
"AM I CLEAR!" The Grand Chancellor repeated in a gruff orotund voice that he had developed as he rose through the ranks.
Fearing for his life the med tech looked at The Grand Chancellor and in a tight, voice, "Y-Yes sir."
The Tech very quickly deletes and erases the data file storage area!
As he is leaving, he gives Aeryn a wink and walks away.
Five solar days later in earth orbit, Aeryn looked at Braca, If the Peacekeepers had I home world your looking at it.
No formalities here old friend! She told him
Giving her a sideways glance but not taking his eyes off Moya's viewer he looks at earth, Aeryn?
During the war when I was being held with Hierarch Yondalao from Arnessk he told me the origins The Peacekeepers, and Sebaceans overall.
Thousands of cycles ago The Eidelons visited Earth and took members of an emerging species gave them Generous Enhancements and the Sebaceans/Peacekeepers were born.
Moments later, having taken in the latest revelation from Aeryn Braca looked at the viewer with an odd curiosity.
Do you remember what started the war Braca? She said turning from the viewer to face him.
"John's knowledge of wormholes!" He replied looking at her.
My son Dargo has been given Ambassadorial status so, attacking him would be-seen-as an act of war.
Ma'am? Braca questions looking at her.
What I am about to tell you has only been known by myself, John and our immediate family.
Ma'am! Braca asks again
Holding up a hand to silence him Aeryn calls out, Pilot I am enacting privacy protocols Alpha.
Moments later the response came back, Understood Aeryn.
All communications and recording devices are offline now.
If she wants no record of this part of the conversation, what is Aeryn going to tell me?
Dargo can detect wormholes just like his father… he can also create them. Looking at Braca she said, You are to tell no one under pain of death, That is an Order.
If the galaxy at large knew about this, Braca's memories of the brutality of the war came rushing back to the forefront of his mind.
Good. She looked at him, "As far as the galaxy at large is concerned John was the last living person to have access to the knowledge of wormholes, I intend to keep it that way."
Aeryn's daughter Layla walks in and observes her mother, she is hiding behind her Peacekeeper mask… again.
Walking up to the two Layla, shakes her head, "Mom… you're doing it again!"
"Doing what Layla?" Aeryn asks her daughter.
"Hiding behind you Peacekeeper mask!" Looking at her mother, "Your back is straight to the point of being ridged, your tone of voice is sharp and curt."
Aeryn's brow rose to a high speculative arch, when did she get so observant, and insightful?
Reading her mother's face Layla gave her mother a sideways glance, "When you weren't looking!"
Braca let out a chuckle at the remark.
"Oh, you definitely have you fathers' sense of humor!" Her mother said letting out a chuckle of her own.
"Mom, can you show me where Peacekeeper Aeryn Sun ends and Aeryn Sun- Crichton, wife and mother begins?" She stood there waiting for her answer.
Looking at Aeryn, Layla shook her head, "Don't you get it, you don't have to be one or the other!"
"You are both and neither one, understand." She adamantly insisted planting her hands on her hips.
It didn't take Braca long to realize, she is her mother's daughter…
Pilot! Aeryn called readying herself to contact Earth, Once I do this, he is truly gone.
"Planet-side communication open Aeryn."
"Aeryn Sun-Crichton to International Aeronautics and Space Administration"
2 minutes later
"Aeryn Sun-Crichton to International Aeronautics and Space Administration"
Moments later an audio line of communication opened, "Who are you?"
"Last time I was here you knew me as Aeryn Sun!" She said calmly, "I am fulfilling my husband's last request."
"Who was your husband?" The voice asks.
"Commander, John Robert Crichton Jr. founder of The Farscape Project and Pilot of Farscape-1."
The line went dead, and she was getting annoyed.
A short time later, the voice of Olivia Crichton willowy voice called out, "Aeryn?"
Finally, someone I recognize…
She has been able to maintain The Peacekeeper facade for the last 5 solar days but hearing her name called in the willowy voice causes cracks to form as Aeryn looked at the viewscreen wishing they had interstellar visual communications, in a semi brittle broken voice she calls out, "5 solar days ago!"
"Permission to land?"
With the line still open Aeryn heard Olivia Crichton say, "Commander, If Aeryn says she is honoring Johns last request, that's good enough for me!"
"And Commander… getting Aeryn Sun-Crichton angry, is a very bad idea."
On board Moya Aeryn smiles, I couldn't agree more!
A short time later at a combined Space Center/Military base the hatch from one of Moya's shuttle lowers, with Aeryn Sun-Crichton, Admiral Miklo Braca along with D'Argo Sun-Crichton, Layla Sun-Crichton acting as honor guard escorting the body of their father, John Crichton.
"We will take the body from here!"
Glancing at the man's chest Aeryn, "Sargent O'Neil you have a 6-man fire team all carrying AR15's with a max round load of 30 rounds per magazine."
"That's 180 rounds!" Pulling back her leather duster she looked at him holding up a silver cartridge with her free hand, "This holds 600 rounds."
Tapping her pulse pistol "Each of these, hold one of these, that's, 1,200 rounds… you seem like a smart man Sargent, no one is going to be doing a post-mortem on my husband!"
They had heard stories of what their mother was like as a Peacekeeper, but Dargo & Layla watched at her mother's back straightened, and her shoulders squared, the tone of Aeryn's voice became terse, "SARGENT… ARE WE CLEAR!"
Their mother was in her element.
"Y-es ma'am"
She started pacing round the fire team making a brief inspection stopping in front of Corporal Ackermann, "Your optics are out of alignment, what have you been doing with your rifle Corporal Ackermann?"
Circling back around to face Sargent O'Neil, "Be grateful you're not under my command!"
The now elderly Olivia Crichton, walked up with help, "If it weren't for those light wisps of grey, I would not think you aged a day!"
Leaning in so only her sister-in-law can hear she said, "I turn 101 next week"
"D'Argo, Layla… come meet your Aunt Liv!"
Looking at them Olivia "He looks so much like his father, and you" She said looking at Layla, Your, you're mothers twin!"