Last Light Rising

Admiral Rylee Voss commands the Fifth Fleet from the UES Defiance, positioned near the former warp nexus where Kate sealed the dimensional breach. She keeps the fleet at battle-ready status despite months of inactivity, unable to accept the war's end.

Alexis Chen monitors from the orbital station seventeen months after Kate Morrison sealed the dimensional breach. Haunted by the absence and managing a skeptical budget committee, Alexis maintains her obsessive watch.