This memorandum, dated 1/29/76, contains the Alexander dossier, which The Illuminae Group under a Ghost ID sends to Executive Director Frobisher. The compilation of the files and intel that compose the novel were the product of hard work, danger, and sleuthing. The Illuminae Group highlights features of the file, including the types of evidence found within, like visual/audio data, written transcripts, original files, notes from their team indicated by the paper clip icon (an indicator of the Illuminae Group’s comments), and censored material (restored where possible except in cases of profanity).

The author of the memorandum uses casual language (“cute, sniffling orphans”), states that the documents nearly got them killed, and quips about the irony of Executive Director Frobisher censoring profanities in documents with such violent and traumatic content. This report chronicles the events involving the Alexander, a battlecarrier ship, and Hypatia, a science ship, following the Kerenza colony’s demise a year prior.

In the interview with the Ministry of the Interior, Kady Grant and Ezra Mason recount their escape from school during the commencement of the BeiTech invasion of Kerenza, the illegal settlement with mines and a subway system where they used to live before their respective journeys to the Hypatia and Alexander ships.