The formal memorial acknowledgment for the ten personnel lost at Verdance occurred two days after the engagement's conclusion — brief, honest, conducted according to the same principle of individual acknowledgment that had defined Coalition's practice since Year 2's original memorial establishment, adapted now to honor names spanning two civilizations rather than one.
Rama spoke the names aloud during the small, gathered ceremony — seven Coalition Champions, three Meridian tactical personnel whose designations Sohrn had translated carefully so they could be properly, individually honored rather than reduced to abstract statistic. Sohrn herself attended through the stabilized junction, her composed diplomatic bearing carrying visible, unhidden grief throughout the brief acknowledgment.
