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annexation with the goal of causing civil unrest and give OFS an excuse to intervene under the pretence of "preserving regional peace". The oligarchs of the various
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Tuscany space station as the destroyers are approaching, Byng destroys the Manticoran ships in a surprise attack under the pretense that the Manticorans had just attacked the space station. Admiral Henke gathers what ships she can and arrives in the New Tuscany system, demanding Byng's immediate surrender. He refuses several times, after which Henke destroys his ship from far beyond the range of any of Byng's weapons, and Byng's second in command surrenders immediately.
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Cluster to honor the offer of support the MLF thought had been offered. The anti-government violence on Mobius continues to escalate and the MLF sends a second request for assistance from Manticore. While Admiral Henke knows Manticore hasn't offered the assistance, she also knows that not responding would ruin the name and honor of Manticore in the Talbott Cluster and the Verge, so she sends Captain Terekhov to offer assistance.
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is dispatched to the
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the SLN can regroup. In doing so, she captures
Frontier Fleet Commodore Thurgood, and OFS Commissioner Verrochio and Vice Commissioner Hongbo, from who she is able to confirm many of the suspicions Manticore had about Mesan involvement in the Talbott Cluster and the Verge. The book ends with Henke assembling a fleet for the invasion of the Mesa system.
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to work with the government in the New Tuscan system, only
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After several incidents where Byng deliberately provokes Henke, events come to a head in New Tuscany when the New Tucans make it appear a Manticoran vessel has attacked and destroyed one of their ships. Three Manticoran destroyers are sent to investigate the incident. After Anisimovna detonates a
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Terekhov assembles a small squadron of ships and leads them to the Monica system (which is near the Talbott Cluster), where he demands the surrender of the local fleet as well as the OFS ships masquerading as part of Monica's fleet. After Monica refuses, the battle results in the destruction of
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and her crew embark on a goodwill patrol of the Cluster's systems, meant to "show the flag" and deal with issues of piracy and smuggling. One of the major systems is Montana, where Stephen Westman bombs multiple government facilities without causing a single casualty. On nearby Kornati, Agnes
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almost all of the Monican ships and about half of Terekhov's squadron. After threatening to destroy all of the remaining military infrastructure in Monica, Terekhov is able to hold the system long enough for reinforcements to arrive from the Talbott Cluster.
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in reposnse. The remaining Mesan crew quickly surrenders and eventually provides information on an OFS task force being secretly sent to settle the unrest in the Cluster.
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