Follow the life and times of Protector Benjamin's daughter, Rachel Mayhew, when she leaves her sheltered life on Grayson to continue the tradition on "the Island" at the Royal Manticoran Naval Academy and beyond.

A joint Manticorian and Havenite taskforce heads through a wormhole into unknown territory. The closest inhabited system? Alderaan, where their arrival causes some consternation for the locals... Time period after HH13 (A Rising Storm) and in the middle of A New Hope. Un-beta'd.