After 300 years of establishing the Star League, Sun-Tzu threatens to smash it to pieces... SECRET OPERATIONS Edwin Amis, the new commander of the Eridani Light Horse, is faced with a difficult choice: Should he openly challenge the First Lord of the Star League? Sun-Tzu Liao, the First Lord, has sent Star League troops as peacekeepers to the St. Ives Pact to prevent open rebellion by disgruntled citizens - but they are not seeking peace. Amis knows that the mission is only a cover for the return of territory by the Capellan Confederacy, and he is willing to deploy counter-units on Milos, near the heart of the capital Capella. But on Milos, the fighting had already escalated - Chen Shao, the Death Commando and his ruthless partner, Nessa Ament, secretly murdered a dissident's family in cold blood. Now, all this could result in a full-scale war, both units are at each other's throats...