In Iberia, five mechs are fighting for survival against an entire star system and Rika is bringing the entire force to rescue them. Upon arrival, they discover that time is of the essence and the time it takes to fly across a star system may be days longer than the stranded mechs have.

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

Rika will do the unthinkable to save her people—and just maybe a few billion others while she’s at it.