Albedo Volume 5 Issue #1

The story opens with an invasion of a distant colony world and the EDF's armed response to it. (Albedo Volume 1 Number 1). Erma's performance gains attention from higher ups, and over the next issues, she is introduced to many situations. It's not for some years (and many issues) that the EDF/Confed and the ILR become engaged in open warfare (vol 2 numbers 8-10). At the same time, the heretofore reliable EDF and Confed inner circles have become compromised by the personal ambitionsof some members. For her efforts in the heroic defense of her home world, Erma is accused of treasonous conduct and is only paroled to continue to command a warship in the war.