The Cromwell has made it through the minefield and rendezvoused with Lessa Anara's ship. Her ship, badly damaged, was beyond repair and the Cromwell evacuated her crew and began working with the former CO to find a weakness in the Nal'gahari. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to the Cromwell crew, changes are happening in the Nal'gaharay and things don't bode well for the DFA.
Volunteers have gone to Arramin II for scientific research. The planet, thought to be a dead planet, has revealed that there are at least small rodents wandering aorund. The previous civilization had built stone cities and chased the receeding waters from the continental beaches, onto the ocean floors and finally into the deepest chasms as the water receeded. A rock slide nearly killed one team making a descent into the chasm, the second team was trapped on the surface during an evening dust storm, while high overhead the shuttle, their only link with space, Red orbited until the storm could pass. They have survived their first day and most of the second out of contact with Cromwell. But cromwell is not due back for another day and a half. What scientific discoveries await the explorers?
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