The aftermath of the Bronze Academy was a blur of medical evacuations and strategic consolidation. The Sterling Flagship, Eclipse One, was now a flying hospital, its hold filled with the silver-eyed "Scholars" and the refugees from the Jade Vaults.
Astra sat in the tactical room, her father resting in a chair beside her. Dante was standing at the main console, his back to them, his shoulders tight with a new kind of tension.
"The Global Council is in total disarray," Jax reported over the comms. "The loss of the Purge Fleet and the fall of the Bronze Academy has broken their financial backbone. The Jade Emperor has gone into hiding, but his assets in Neo-Tokyo are being seized by the 'Sun Queen', Solara’s people are moving in to fill the vacuum."
"Let them have the scrap," Dante said, f
