Former imperial pilot Lark risks it all to save Aoi Tarowaka, one of her new comrades, in a mission gone wrong. Meanwhile, ace rebel Nataliza Rayfield wakes up in hell, prompting a rescue mission that’ll change her comrades’ lives forever… …Bailey Cluanaire’s most of all.

When Lark, a former brainwashed UA pilot, struggles with the aftereffects and lingering control of her Handler’s conditioning, her girlfriend Sasha has an unorthodox solution… …the equally controlling former mercenary, Bailey Cluanaire.

Bailey Cluanaire is the best of the best, and it’s making mech piloting a bore. But, when a contract with an odd rebel base teases a larger conspiracy, Bailey sees the chance to get her blood pumping again… …after a night out on the town to bathe in her superiority.

Liz is the best of the best, and it’s making mech piloting a bore. The cause has kept her going, but Bailey Cluanaire’s return has done… far more. As a mission to claim resources from a dying corporation goes South, Liz has to wrestle with whether Bailey can truly change.