Rumor has it that the reason Lunarisse hasn't been seen much in space recently is she is expecting a child and insisting on natural child-bearing versus a creche or surrogate clone.
An announcement has trickled out to the Paparazzi from somewhere among the thousands of baseliners employed by the Society on its ships and at its facilities:
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Announcement: New Baby Boy From: Aria Jenneth To: Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque [SFRIM]
Ave, pilots.
It's my rare privilege to announce that Praefecta Lunarisse Aspenstar Daphiti, early in the morning hours of the fifteenth day of the sixth month of YC 119, has given birth to a baby boy.
The Praefecta is still in recovery and will consequently be out of general contact for the next few days. Both mother and child are safe and well; no further complications are expected. Although the birth is considered early, it was made necessary by medical circumstances.
High-priority matters requiring the Praefecta's attention can be forwarded through myself or the Secretarix, but we would ask that lower-priority matters be allowed to wait until the Praefecta can give them her full attention.