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Plot

At Alliance Base 17, outside of the Staarus System, Sophie Lestari learns of the outbreak of the Weraynian war when a Weraynian is arrested in their sector of space. Organising aid and support for the Staarus System with her Alliance team, Sophie uses the teleport watch to travel to Flauraan but is intercepted along the way by Staarus HQ, where she is presented with the task of assembling a team of talented individuals the Staarus forces have been watching in order to undertake a secret mission.

Sophie collects Abigail and then the two travel to Halapatov to collect Alexa and Jayken - an Aandriggian with the power to see the future and a reformed Weraynian on the Staarus side, respectively. Meeting them is challenging for Abigail, who has been struggling with the morality of her people's war with the Weraynian and she is confronted by Alexa's hostility especially. Alexa and Jayken agree to join the team, though they don't feel like they have much choice in the matter, and Sophie transports them all to Staarus HQ, where the final member of their team - Rojjel, Halapatovian tech genius and anarchist - is waiting for them. Following screening, introductions and minimal information about their mission, the team begins their task of building and testing mysterious machines that are to be integrated into the existing network of space stations around Werayne; previously used to generate a force field that kept the Weraynians penned in.

Tensions run high between the team. Rojjel and Sophie are supposed to be working on machinery together but their differing personalities clash. Abigail and Sophie struggle with their feelings for each other in the midst of an ongoing war. Jayken maintains a cheery outlook but is under intense scrutiny by Staarus forces. Alexa is distrustful, especially towards Abigail who has expressed strong anti-Weraynian sentiment, and she worries about the best way to protect Jayken, especially since she has been having visions of him being tortured. While the rest of the team is on a mission without them, Alexa is forced to confide in Abigail the nature of her visions and the stress it has been causing her, and the two form an uneasy alliance, with Alexa growing more trusting of Abigail as she demonstrates an ability to change while questioning the propoganda of her upbringing.

Sophie's old colleagues from the Alliance turn up to the Staarus System to provide assistance, just before the majority of Weraynian forces destroy the blockade surrounding Werayne. Sophie and Abigail are forced to confront the rising tension between them. The team calms down a little and then on an aid mission to the refugee settlement Aandrigo, on one of Halapatov's moons, an alien vigilante known as the Protector seeks them out and urges them to change sides in the war. The team faces difficulty in their attempts to defect and Sophie and Abigail are haunted by their past adventures as they figure out the dark secret behind their mission and work to fix things.

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