The crew manages to make the trip to Zeycude, avoiding a patrol and eventually a battle fleet. Being able to slip under the radar miraculously, they land on Zeycude. However, they find out that the Professor they're tasked to look for has been moved back to Chronor, where they just were.

The crew searches for answers in the town of Netsajdiar, one of the few towns, and one of even fewer with a port. With a ten credit a day price tag, the crew scrambles, pulling out all their skills. Eventually they figure out where the professor was taken, and where his fate will be next— transferred to the Proto Merkabah, a space station with the ability to amplify psionic powers. 

During the crew's investigation, VICKTORIA managed to get information about the ship that took the professor from the dock's owner. However, she tried to kill him after getting the information out of him. He managed to dodge the attempted murder, but the crew, in a panic, killed him, in an act of cold blood. Jun, in a frenzied panic, went to the dockmaster's aid. 

The man touched Jun's cheek, uttered broken Zhodani and died. As the crew left on the stolen courier 'Itliechefl', they are left to ponder now with the larger consequences of their actions…

Retcon: Athena was left behind last mission. This time, she's back with the crew. Lisan was sent back in cryo-sleep like she was found prior. 

The crew finds themselves on Ninjar, trying to find a way to where the newly repaired 'Itliechefl' is located. They find that answer in a bar filled with trapped ex-Imperium soldiers and with a new crew member, Dallas. 

The crew pose as arrested Imperial soldiers, and are lead straight to the location by a roaming Zhodani patrol. As the crew arrives, Athena, before the Zhodani can realize what was going on, tosses a grenade at the guards, killing them.

Everyone rushes aboard the Itliechefl and blast off, leaving no survivors to tell the tale of what transpired there. Now in orbit above Ninjar, their destination of Zeycude is only a few parsecs away. 

The crew discovers that the asteroid they landed on was actually a ship. After searching it they come across the Professor's daughter, Lisan, who gets them up to speed on what really went down. 

After escaping Zhodani space in cryo-sleep, Lisan had the asteroid ship move in autopilot and on fuel reserves to Utoland. The crew discovered her, and now plot a course to Zeycude, landing on Gougeste within 8 days time by grace of the engine allowing the ship to emerge a day into jump space. 

Now with a wealth of opportunities at hand, the crew now has to decide what it wants to do now…  

The crew meets Arlent Streen, the shareholder of the Dinom Corporation as he takes the crew and Inspector Adimmer on a tour of the mining facilities. All's been quiet. Practically a vacation for the crew of the Diamond Dog as they eat extravagant food, drink fancy rare alcohol— its an easy 100k worth of credits. 

They inspect the Napan mines… Everything seems fine. The next day they inspect the Madienne mines… but that's when everything goes south.

The crew makes a trek to the mine, as they have to construct the roads leading to the shaft. As they edge closer, there's four prospecting ATVs parked. Streen and Adimmer move forward, joking around… but then.

Streen's faceplate cracks, immediately killing him. Then, Adimmer's. The crew is forced behind the ATVs for cover as they find the source of their deaths— a mining laser. Workers from the mine converge on the crew and demand something Kostya's holding— Streen's briefcase. The briefcase holds all of his share certificates in the company, which the workers want. The Diamond Dogs refuse and make a hasty getaway, driving off in one of the prospector ATVs.

Soon, however, they begin to feel the fatigue of driving. Terran day turns to Terran night, and the crew take rounds driving, leaving it to their reclaimed warbot, Vicktoria, to drive. As she drives, however, the crew gets caught in an avalanche, causing them a major set back in time. Moving onward, they encounter a volcanic eruption which also sets them back even more. 

Eventually, the crew makes their way to a wide open plain, deciding its now time to rest. Two days with five days worth of food left, the crew clings on to hope that they make it back to Rhylan in one piece…