debris from starship combat near planets sometimes survives re-entry, as when a relay station on Yong III was destroyed by debris after a fierce fight in low orbit on 27.08YC105.
(Also, Madam Tisserand looks like her last name should mebbe be Castorida. Dang, Vieve /o\)
Mostly that, although I was also going for a pun that mildly indicated that between the faec and the hair, she was playing to the mousy lesbian stereotype >.>