The Yar'Zanti loyalists had been hearing rumors that the clan was creating new weapon systems. So in a gambit, command decided to run a ploy to draw out the clan and their new weapons. Within the responding clan ships, a semi new pilot finally gets to participate in a combat action. Will it turn out the way he thought it would?

In the last story I showed some of the loyalist's new equipment. This story I decided to show what the clan had been doing. Plus, I wanted to focus on a few other characters I had not in the past stories.

*Previous Yar'Zanti story: The Yar'Zanti Invasion 7: Encounters
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