There is a legend that the instant the Duke Leto Atreides
died a meteor streaked across the skies above his ancestral
palace on Caladan.
-the Princess Irulan: "Introduction to A Child's History of
Muad'Dib"
The Baron Vladimir Harkonnen stood at a viewport of the
grounded lighter he was using as a command post. Out the
port he saw the flame-lighted night of Arrakeen. His
attention focused on the distant Shield Wall where his
secret weapon was doing its work.
Explosive artillery.
The g
