11. Through a Glass Darkly

Complete story — includes the ending

The crew helps rebels on Seefra-5 who are battling a local warlord. In order to help them escape, Harper attempts to rebuild the quantum teleporter with assistance from his old friend Höhne, a Perseid scientist thought to have been dead for years. While doing this he establishes that there is still a link to 300 years ago, before the fall of the Commonwealth. Dylan plans to use the device to both save his crew and the Commonwealth. This ultimately causes power to go out all across the planets and is restored when Höhne sacrifices himself to shut down the teleporter. The lack of power allows the rebels led by Rhade to defeat the warlord who flees the planet, but after he targets Andromeda, Dylan destroys his ship. Harper mourns his friend's death and discovers a message from him.