Eight mammoth ‘Python’ class transport planetoids of the Sansterre Navy, blast off from Gorez Naval Base on the Moon, and jump out-system, bound for St. Geneviève, accompanied by a large escort of other vessels. They are carrying 102 ‘Sidewinder’ class armoured destroyers which are to be sold to the government of New Home.

The three new Pendragon class ships arrive, and their new crews begin how to operate the unfamiliar New Home technology. These ships are the most technically advanced fighting vessels of their size in the whole Islands Clusters.