Plans

"Bass Rattle Stars"
Cicero tells Savannah he's been betrayed. The NDC is being reorganized as a unified state with Cicero as dictator. He does not want to do this but feels it is necessary for his and Savannah's work to continue uninterrupted. Cicero also mentions that claiming of new territories has been stalled to quash any remaining rebellious elements.

Savannah decides that she cannot continue to be trained under Cicero: she does not believe in the cause of destroying the Powers, knowing it to be suicide. Cicero refuses to let her leave and promises that she will come around in time. Savannah resolves to escape the airship before the second battle of Empyrean, possibly warning the angels of the forthcoming attack to prove her loyalty and be allowed to speak to the Varcha. The Varcha can potentially help her defeat Cicero.