**[[xover:chapters:first_contact_war_10|Strategic Situation in 2889 A.D.]]** **Chapter One\\ [[xover:chapters:first_contact_war_1|State of the Starzone in 2794 A.D.]]** **Chapter Two\\ [[xover:chapters:first_contact_war_2|Following the Breadcrumbs]]** **Chapter Three\\ [[xover:chapters:first_contact_war_3|The Lian System Incident]]** **Chapter Four\\ [[xover:chapters:first_contact_war_4|The Mandate-Imperial War Begins]]** **Chapter Five\\ [[xover:chapters:first_contact_war_5|The Rotten House Comes Tumbling Down]]** **Chapter Six\\ [[xover:chapters:first_contact_war_6|There Are Others]]** **Chapter Seven\\ [[xover:chapters:first_contact_war_7|A Reversing of Tides]]** **Chapter Eight\\ [[xover:chapters:first_contact_war_8|Mutually Assured Destruction]]** **Chapter Nine\\ [[xover:chapters:first_contact_war_9|A Frozen Conflict]]**