While the Rugger Team surveys a planet, a Galveston fighter crashes near their site. They take the injured pilot, Sim, back to the Rugger Guard with them. As Sim recuperates, Ise meets with him, hoping to gain a rapport with him and to open a dialogue with the Galveston. Little does the Guard Guard know that if they send Sim back to Galveston, he will he killed.—Akira (akira625@comcast.net)