Honours
Received:
Mr Smith
achieved greater fame as the engineer behind the Blue Metal powered tank, the
first of its kind.
Sir Pelham
was given a Lordship as his reward.
Colin
Smythe-Holmes received the Victoria Cross for his efforts. His late brother,
Douglas, was mentioned in dispatches and given a respectful military memorial.
His return was unexpected.
Mrs Tara Manverison married Lord Pelham. The couple had two
children, a girl and a boy, before Lord Pelham’s untimely death in a lab
accident.
Qulina Thoth became the first Martian to be awarded an M.B.E.,
granting her political status on British Mars almost equal with the Martian
rulers.
Lady Alisa
de Winterson’s part was recognised with the awarding
of a D.B.E., a title she held for a long time as hers by right before the death
of her parents raised her once more to the rank of Lady.
Lord
Marlborough was gifted a second large estate on Mars, running parallel to Lord
Pelham’s. The two estates covered the territory containing the underground
complex and the Monolith time portal, now both claimed by the Empire.
Elisabeth
Murray’s tragic death was the subject of a eulogy in
Herbert
Verne’s part was heralded in The Times as a credit to the Empire. Sadly, his
legend was eclipsed by his pupil Sherlock Holmes, whose adventures had already
been chronicled in one novel, with another the following year and a series of
shorter tales in The Strand Magazine.
Captain
McGraw received a baronetcy for his part as official leader of the first mission.
He later met and courted Emony de Winterson, Dame
Alisa’s sister. They have a daughter, Olivia.
Jack Camden
disappeared shortly after the events of 1889. He was awarded the V.C. in
absentia, and opinions differ on his whereabouts. The Empire holds that their
foremost mapper is most likely still on Mars,
determining its landscape. Some hold that he finally met a creature his wits,
strong right arm, and brace of