After two weeks the Phoenix's QSG was rebuilt, and it was escorted home in a single jump that only took 18 hours. Dropping out of the jump just 300,000 kilometers from Earth it slowly cruised into the ribbed open box, specially constructed to house it, at the Alliance Terra 1 Space Port.

The bridge crew stood at attention, except for Lieutenant Parker who was piloting the ship, as the Great Alliance Warship T.S.S. Phoenix came back to its nest for its final rest. ...