On August 17, 12 BBY, four days after Tang Xiao's return, Hari Seldon was released from prison without charge. After being detained for over a month, he finally saw daylight again.
However, the Duchy of Dawn government offered no further explanation for Hari Seldon's release, merely letting him go.
On August 18, Francis Underwood, Prime Minister of the Duchy of Dawn, submitted his resignation, citing health issues.
On August 20, Francis Underwood's resignation was rejected.
On August 26, Hari Seldon resigned as Governor of the Hoth Sector and was reassigned as Secretary-General of the Prime Minister's Office.
On August 27, BIG-BOSS, the former commander-in-chief of Titan Security Company, retired from the mercenary corps and returned to the Duchy of Dawn. At seventy-two years old, he became Governor of the Hoth Sector. He used John Doe as his official name. Mira Han became Titan Security Company's current commander.
BIG-BOSS was also one of the key figures awakened early on, though he rarely involved himself in the Fourth Civilization's core affairs. His greatest achievement was leading Titan Security Company to establish a foothold in the chaotic Hutt Space and become one of its foremost mercenary groups.
Over twenty years, under BIG-BOSS's leadership, Titan Security Company fought across Hutt Space. Not only did it successfully disrupt the situation there and become one of the triggers for the Hutt civil war, but it also played a crucial role in secretly maintaining the Duchy of Dawn's military presence in Hutt Space.
During the Clone Wars, as the Galactic Republic launched its counteroffensive, the Confederacy of Independent Systems, whose core lay in the Eastern Outer Rim, and the Duchy of Dawn, whose core lay in the Southwest Territory, were able to maintain a certain degree of contact because of Hutt Space. Titan Security Company was a