being given a weak fleet in Silesian space, the Havenites reason that they can also attack there and deal a blow to Manticorian morale by defeating Harrington. Harrington is sent with an inadequate RMN force, but Protector Benjamin insists on reinforcing her with a special unit, The Protector's Own. Getting a whiff from an intelligence source, she mousetraps the Havenite fleet, even as all the other Havenite attacks succeed, pushing the Manticorans back from all the systems they had occupied and destroying their picket units. The worst damage is the destruction of the extensive satellite shipyards in the Grendlesbane Star System, where many of the RMN's new ships were being constructed. RMN Fleet Admiral The corrupt government seeks to form a coalition war cabinet, but the Queen blocks the effort, so the government falls, returning the Crown Loyalist and Centrist coalition to power, under the brother of Hamish Alexander, who is made First Lord of the Admiralty—with the government needing someone trustworthy to undo the damage inflicted by the previous administration. In At All Costs, Harrington is given command of the Eighth Fleet, a heavy assault force of advanced capital ships, and new weapons of unmatched abilities. But overall, the Manticoran fleet has become severely weakened, and she must devise a strategy to keep the Republic of Haven off balance until the fleet can be built up. Under her leadership, the fleet begins a campaign to dismantle the industrial base of the Republic of Haven, by sailing deep behind enemy lines and raiding Havenite space based infrastructure, forcing the republic to go on the defensive and worry which of its systems will suffer next. Haven deploys a counter strategy that eventually causes severe damage to Eighth fleet during one raid when they use her own tactics from Silesian space against her forces, and the offensive campaign is temporarily put on hold. During this battle, Michelle Henke is captured by the Republic of Haven, setting the stage for Storm from the Shadows. Manticore then fields a new weapon system, "Apollo", that not only neutralizes the new system defense systems Haven is deploying, but also turns the tide of the war, as it renders modern missile defensive systems effectively worthless, and further, capitalizes on the new MDM Ghost Rider missiles that have been in the field by enhancing their long range accuracy. Realizing his nation's poor strategic position, Admiral Thomas Theisman of