Junction
the Guild world taken by the Honored Matres
Junction was a world of the Spacing Guild, with meeting halls built to hold the tanks of its Navigators. In Chapterhouse: Dune it has fallen to the Honored Matres and becomes the scene of the war's last battle.
Junction was a world of the Spacing Guild. In Frank Herbert's Chapterhouse: Dune it is a Guild planet that the Honored Matres have taken over, and it is where the war between them and the Bene Gesserit comes to an end. (Chapterhouse: Dune)
A Guild world#
Junction bears the marks of its Guild past. Chapterhouse: Dune describes a Navigator meeting hall there, its rooms built on a vast scale to take the great tanks that Navigators must live in when they come down to a planet's surface. (Chapterhouse: Dune)
Guild shipyards#
In Sandworms of Dune, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's continuation, the Guild's Chief Administrator, Rental Gorus, has Navigators killed as they bring their heighliners in to the Junction shipyards for routine maintenance, replacing them with Ixian navigation machines. (Sandworms of Dune)
Conquest by the Honored Matres#
By the time of Chapterhouse: Dune, Junction has fallen to the Honored Matres during their return from the Scattering. It is the seat of the Great Honored Matre Dama, where Mother Superior Darwi Odrade goes to meet her, and the setting of the Battle of Junction. (Chapterhouse: Dune)
Frequently asked questions
- What was Junction in Dune?
- Junction was a Spacing Guild world. Frank Herbert's Chapterhouse: Dune presents it as a Guild planet, with halls large enough for the tanks Navigators live in, that the Honored Matres have taken over.
- What happened at the Junction shipyards?
- In Sandworms of Dune, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's continuation, the Guild's Chief Administrator Rental Gorus has Navigators killed as they bring their heighliners in to the Junction shipyards for maintenance.
- What happened to Junction during the Honored Matres' return?
- By the time of Chapterhouse: Dune the Honored Matres hold Junction. It is the seat of the Great Honored Matre Dama, where Mother Superior Darwi Odrade goes to meet her, and the place where the war between the two orders comes to its end.
Sources
- BookChapterhouse: Dune, Frank Herbert, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1985
- BookSandworms of Dune, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, 2007 (expanded universe)
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Logno
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