After Christopf von Köfenhiller's untimely death, Yang Wen-li and Fyodor Patrichev arrange the funeral and bid their farewells. Yang Wen-li continues his investigation.
The history of the Second Battle of Tiamat continues to be chronicled. Having temporarily retreated and regrouped, the Alliance Fleet and the Imperial Fleet engages each other again.
The history of the Second Battle of Tiamat is chronicled. The Free Planets Alliance and the Galactic Empire clashed in the Tiamat Starzone. The Alliance Fleet under the overall command of Admiral Bruce Ashbey.
Yang Wen-li attends the funeral of Alfred Rosas, and discusses the Year 730 Mafia with Alex Cazerne and Dusty Attemborough. Later, he reviews the fate of the Year 730 Mafia after the Second Battle of Tiamat.
The Sixth Battle of Iserlohn begins. The Alliance forces proceeds with Holland's plan of using the main fleet as a diversion to keep the attention of the Imperial forces and allow Holland's squadron to close in to Iserlohn Fortress.
Reinhard proceeds with the plan of using a predicted solar eruption to provide the destroyer Hameln II the necessary speed boost to escape from the rapidly closing in Alliance ambush squadron.
Before becoming a famous admiral and brilliant strategist Yang Wen-li was just a regular millitary officer. He displays leadership skills during the civilian evacuation that earned him the title, "Hero of El Facil.
Being pressured by Sussanna and wanting to uphold his pride, the assassin who duelled with Reinhard challenges him again to another duel. Reinhard, feeling equally dissatisfied with the outcome of the previous duel, accepts the challenge.
Schönkopf, worried that his superior Wahnschaffe, the regimental commander of the Rosen Ritter who is leading the Alliance reconnaissance mission, might have encountered Imperial forces, sets off with his trusted subordinates to find him.
Battle of Iserlohn turns into a battle of attrition. Yang Wenli feels that the Alliance forces should have retreated by this point. His concerns however are not shared by the Alliance commanders, who still adopt a wait-and-see attitude.