The mob of anti-Tytania pirates, the Army of the Shooting Star, takes “Little Big Horn”, the Tytanian army’s key fortress.  After losing Lieutenant Lancaster whom he had dispatched to stop the pirates, Zarlish decides to lead the fight himself.  Ajumarn appoints Jusran as second in command – but this was a measure to check the movements of his elder brother Estolardo.  He wanted Jusran to accompany Estolardo’s son Balami in the operation.  Meanwhile, anti-Tytania elements were gathering quickly under Dolman’s Shooting Star Army.  But in the midst of rising morale, Fan’s crew doesn’t wish to fight alongside Dolman.  They slip away and leave Kaganort.   …