TERRA—SECRET SERVICE HQ
Chancellor Souley had set up his new office in a back room of the huge Secret Service building. From this office, he was carefully observing the situation on Cronos I.
Marshall Androf's surprise victory was a real blow against future peace negotiations with the Orc Empire, of course. The population would not accept territorial concessions if the conflict was won via ground warfare.
But what bothered Chancellor Souley the most was the Eternals. They had been instrumental to the planet's defenses, and the order to exile them might create more enemies than expected.
But while Souley was lost in thought, trying to solve the multiple problems the Federation was facing, he received a very surprising piece of information.
A mysterious fleet of almost a thousand ships had just emerged from hyperspace in the Terra Prime system, as well as in the Cronos system!
