I don’t do Patreon, however I’m wondering if the long run route of the story is Cort changing into a well-known, immediately recognizable battle hero with a doom laser on his arm and a goal on his again — precisely what he *doesn’t* appear to need, and the type of factor he normally appears to run away from kicking and screaming at practically each alternative.
If 2v1 was a stalemate till the Dranglaex attacked, 2v2 appears a disaster for the Federation. Possibly Speck will grow to be “that mimion who came upon a Starcaster can soften” in spite of everything?