Well, that's it. The Alliance didn't like me poking around their dirty laundry, and they sent the frighteners around to Estelle's place. It seems too little, too late if you ask me, what with the news coming out of Adhara - but governments have to have their secrets, or at least the pretense of having them. The Alliance doesn't know who I am, and I thought that'd be enough to keep them from trying to bully me into submission. I didn't count on them going after my friends.

So there you have it. No grand reveal about our missing senators, just an incompetent superweapon designed by a government that likes to point guns at journalists. You win, Admiral Whoever. I wonder how long you'll have to enjoy it.

