Deadworld Sunsa

This segment of the story carries the pursuit of Chirico Cuvie across the Astragius Galaxy on board a mysterious space battleship. Along the way, Chirico's past in the infamous Red Shoulder Battalion returns to haunt him, throwing new light on both his own psyche and his growing relationship with Fyana. He barely has time to come to grips with his before the two find themselves grappling with a space fleet of the Balarant Union.

The Secret Society is also hot on their trail, and it is Ypsilon himself who pursues his nemesis to the airless desert world Sunsa, the graveyard of the bloodiest conflict of the Hundred Years War. Also involved in the pursuit is Jean-Paul Rochina, who makes a fateful decision concerning his involvement with the Melkian army.

These episodes offer the most intense personal view of the characters by paring down the scale of the storyline and concentrating on the questions that arise around Chirico and Fyana's decision to remain together. By the end of events on Sunsa, things have grown steadily toward the decisive encounter with Ypsilon...and a dramatic revelation that will change Chirico's life forever.