For Lieutenant-Commander Chance Vought, the trip back to Earth; may be the opportunity to finally lay the ghost of a dead Ensign to rest.  Can he move on from the events of Frontier Day, which the mission within the Shackleton Expanse brought vividly back to life?

Lieutenant Jason Devron, has lived through the past and learned much about himself; but has the 29 years in cryogenic sleep took too heavy a toll on his body.  Is he merely sitting and waiting for the arrival of his friends and fellow crewmembers, just to say one last goodbye?

With the wedding of Chad and Cho planned for February 2404, the trip to Earth will be a chance to organize some of the preparations in person and spend of time with the young New Zealanders family.  But a brief stopover at the planet of Vashran, gives Ensign Cho the opportunity to ask someone a very important question.