Humanity prepares for war, and in that preparation there are no assets more useful that their greatest heroes. Atalanta knew that better than most.

Three years adrift... and when rescue finally comes, what will it cost?

In the darkness of interstellar space, Amara's life crawled on... even if she didn't want it to.

Atalanta gives her report of the fate of the Midgar-6, and a plan is made...