While the well-laid plans of the Centralist movement and it's conspirators go unnoticed, the cogs turn fervently toward secession from the Galactic Union. Thanks to a parting gift from the good General, Elijah transitions his skill set from Full Blood to Ghost for hire, dipping his toes dangerously deep into the depths of Phantom Technology and unsatisfied with his current level of progress. However, Elijah puts his training on hold when he receives a communication from the SGB in regards to missing shipments, not some clerical error or a pirate attack, but ships vanishing from space entirely, as if something or someone had ripped them from the stars.