Abstract:
Some days it doesn’t pay to help out. The members of SAT Zero-Five find out the hard way when they come to the aid of a Confederation convoy about to be wiped out. They quickly find out this is no ordinary convoy. It is carrying the next leader of the Asgard. The Asgard are currently allies of the Mese, but their soon-to-be new leader is willing to join the Confederation. That’s if he makes it to his coronation. The Mese and members of his own race really don’t want him to get there. But that does not matter when SAT Zero-Five is ordered to escort the prince to his crowning.