The Imperial Navy has been driven from the Jewell system, opening the way for Consulate forces to advance all across the Riverland Front. Paving the way for that advance is a team of Zhodani-aligned intelligence operatives tasked with fostering rebellion and mayhem on the Spinward Main.

The Travellers will be Zhodani operatives engaging in a mission which takes them from the wreckage of the Jewell Naval Base to Tureded, where they join forces with Ine Givar insurgents. This is a different face of the Fifth Frontier War, fought with bombs and propaganda, but no less critical than the great fleet battles.