Speculation thunders across the Solar System about the catastrophic demise of the drone clone ship Argonaut and the intended destination and purpose of its duplicated crew. Given the penchant of both the AI Council and the SoE for meaningful metaphorical nomenclature, scholars and pirates alike are sure there must be a hidden meaning to the doomed ship's name. Experts on the various ancient Earth groups called Argonauts have suddenly found themselves in high demand.
Clones!
Some suspect that the name refers to the ancient mythological Greek heroes who sought the Golden Fleece of Chrysomallos. Apollonius of Rhodes told the story of a group who organized under Jason and whose heroes include Heracles and his companion Hylas, Castor and Pollux, Orpheus, Meleager, Peleus (father of Achilles), Laertes (supposed father of Odysseus), Telamon (father of Ajax), and the ship's builder, Argos. They fought many enemies such as rocks and nymphs (who kidnapped Hylas) and hot one-breasted chicks.
The ancient Greek monster named Cyclops
What any of this has to do with the clones being found in stasis pods in the modern Solar System is anyone's guess. But, given the talents of the Officers people have hired, it does seem unlikely that they are some sort of hero destined to help ships of humanity defeat the modern equivalent of rocks and women. But, there was another group known as the Argonauts.
The Toronto Argonauts!
Perhaps the clones recovered in deep space are in fact highly-trained and talented Canadian football players! Eh?
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