Briceran Crusade

The Dhilani invasion on Bricera is repelled, but this victory is only the prelude to one of the darkest chapters in United Planets history. Shattered by the loss of one of his closest of friends and the kidnapping of his wife, Jarris Vaylon finds himself struggling with himself. Pursuing justice, as he claims, he is driven to seek revenge on the Dhilani and calls upon his most trusted allies to follow him on a crusade for the heart of the enemy: their homeworld Dhilon.

Not everyone approves and some UPA members withdraw their forces, claiming Vaylon to pursue a personal fued. Further enrage he pushes on and orders course to be set for the Dhilani homeworld.

Arriving at Dhilon in full force the Briceran fleet unleashes its full firepower and, in what is later referred to as the Dhilon holocaust the Dhilani capitol Dhalarona Prime is obliterated by a direct hit from the UPMF flagship's fusion cannon. This incident, however, causes him to lose the allegiance of many of his followers, first of all Vince Trageton, who accuses Vaylon to have lost control over himself. A struggle erupts between the two in which Trageton is knocked out and imprisoned.



Waking up hours later Trageton is freed by Vaylon's wife Shiromy, who after her return found herself confronted and interrogated by Vaylon as though she were an enemy spy and, fearing her husband has lost his mind, seeks out Trageton to help her escape this madness. Together, accompanied by those still loyal to Trageton, they flee and seek refuge on Cophuran, where Trageton addresses the recent development in front of the Cophuranee senate.