Captain Gigone finally replaces her father as Academy Commandant and Ish replaces her as the best judge of horse flesh in the galaxy. I'd like to see him send at least one candidate before the series in over. It seems to me that would be more of a full circle story than all the loose ends tied up with all the other characters, and more true to life.
The problem is that Ish finds the best in everyone and the academy only takes so many cadets per class

Let's see;

Ish's get's his ship but his life is empty. In the end Something terrible happens and he looses the ship, and he winds up as a captain of a large ship searching out the next generation of spacers and we see some of the olde gang recruited to help him out as senior staff. 

Now since 90% of that fits nicely in an afterward, the rest of the story will likely be great no matter what it is.

Like you guys have already mentioned it will be interesting in Owner's share if we can see a return
from any of the earlier characters such as Pip, Diane or even Alvaraz?

If those guys do show up (i still have my fingers crossed), it would awesome if there was a scene
or 2 discovering whats happened to them and how they are going in life.

As the title suggests its obvious Ish is moving his way up with his very own ship, but has he attracted
any unwanted attention or trouble in the process?...will we see a new adversary emerge? A new Burnside maybe?

looking forward to it!

I couldn't be happier for you, Nathan. 

Keep up the good work!

J~

Yah. Cool huh?

And I was caught without an acceptance speech :\

Parsec!  WooHOO!!!!!!! Nuf said. 

almost a haiku

but with syllables missing

nate is in the zone. 

have patience.

the meaning will be revealed.

eventually.

What I expect to see is a devastated Ish, Waking up in an "everything you think you know is wrong" scenario.  I mean everything!   I think that this will be hard for me to take.

I hope to see at least a glimpse of the effect that knowing Ish has had on others.  Especially the powerful and influential.  and what impact, if any, that has had on the universe at large.

Might want to rename this section from The Hermit to just Lammas Wood?