 What is the Carstar thing?
I "I don't see why we have to be here," a crewman said. An' iffen I aims ta talk...." Nestir, the priest, was dressed out in the full ceremonial costume of office. His fez perched jauntily on his shiny, shaven head. Cotian exentiati pablum re overum est : "Grass grows not in the middle of a busy thoroughfare." His blood-red cloak had been freshly cleaned for the occasion, and it rustled around him in silky sibilants. And then, more loudly, "Men!" Then he blessed them and took out His knife and lay open their sores. 'Secrecy makes for a long life,' as it says in the Jarcon ." You are thinking: 'What kind of a Festival can we have here on this ship?' You are thinking: 'What a fine thing—ah, what a good thing, that is—ah, how nice it would be to have the Casting Off at home, among friends.'" And you know that Koltah never let any city state outdo her in a Festival, uh-huh. "The arena in Koltah is the greatest arena in the whole system. People come from all over to behold it. "Well, the point I want to make is this: I just wanted to tell you that I know what a Festival should be, and the captain and I will do everything in our power to make our Casting Off as wonderful as any anywhere. "And I want to tell you that if you'll come to me with your suggestions, I'll do all I can to see that we do this thing just the way you want it done. I want you to be proud of this Casting Off Festival, so you can look back on it and say, uh, uh—this day was the real high point of your whole life!" While they were still cheering and stomping and otherwise expressing their enthusiasm and approval, Nestir walked off the speaker's platform and into the officer's corridor. And, for the officers, he broke out of the special cellar the last case allotment for Crew One of the delicate Colta Barauche ('94). He nodded curtly to the officers when he entered the mess hall, walked directly to his place at the head of the table, sat down and morosely began to work the cork out of his wine bottle with his teeth. Have you decided on this Carstar thing yet, Father?"
 Someone was killed.
 Someone was killed.  A person attempted to avoid duty by hastening to the Reward.  There was questionable intent.  He had a very pretty wife.