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From: Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Skylark series
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2025 01:17:53 +0100
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On 04/07/2025 14:18, Michael F. Stemper wrote:
> Midway through Chapter 4 of Ryk Spoor's _Grand Central Arena_, Ariane
> addresses DuQuesne as "Marc Cassius DuQuesne". Now, I've read the
> Skylark series *many* times, and don't recall ever seeing him given
> anything more than a middle initial.
> 
> Did Wasp have a canonical source for this middle name, or is it his
> own invention?

Not an answer, but there may be enlightenment
in <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Cassius_Longinus>
- a famous Roman clashing with Julius Caesar,
Caesar being hero inasmuch as Shakespeare wrote
a play with his name in the title, Cassius fleeing
(before the play) then coming back and causing
more trouble.  And doesn't Smith send Duquesne off
to found a new and tyrannical empire, a social
experiment I suppose.

But it could be about someone else called Cassius.

Also, a similar Roman middle name was eventually
revealed to be held by one James Tiberius Kirk.
In "The Animated Series", we gather.
<https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/James_T._Kirk>