Pardot Kynes’s assignment
Planetology meets Imperial bureaucracy.
Overview
In House Atreides, guards escort Pardot to the palace on Kaitain. The scientist’s curiosity as he studies his surroundings comes up against the palace officials’ understanding of time and protocol.
Place in the universe
This expanded scene adds a perspective of duties and institutions to Dune’s ecological background. Scientific observation does not operate outside political decisions about a planet.
Sources
- House Atreides ↗Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson · EPUB
Pardot Kynes arrives at the palace on Kaitain