2779.222 - Courtesy of Max, here is a copy of an actual picture of Eremov Secundus, allegedly taken from the ship that destroyed it - it's definitely old, and looks to you like sort of a composite made from scans plus visuals.

2779.223 - Following the emotional tone of a collection of period poetry of the time: First there was an uprising. This is written about sort of like the uprising in Les Mis - noble, but doomed. Then the miracle happened, and it wasn't doomed. But that was almost worse, because then instead of the small group of noble people falling quickly, it was an out and out war. And then the unthinkable happened, and it was madness instead of just war and it was all terrible. And then the madness came here, and we were destroyed by it.