Emily Steuman Oxforth - Officer,Colonel of the Inner Imperial Air Force of the Ekinior Empire,Chief of the Third Squadron of the Twenty-fifth Sector of the First Flotilla.

Three o'clock in the morning, Third Squadron commander's office.
*The adjutant enters the luxurious office with a report and through the commotion speaks in a high, frightened voice* Your honor...Miss *begins to fumble, standing on wobbly legs, swallowing a lump in her throat* Our new prototype ship has been stolen.