THE FAIR UNKNOWN
Whilst looking at footage distress call from a now dead Kalderan Captain, Dylan spots a Vedran moving around.
The Kalderan ship was journeying back from Ral Parthia, a garden planet much cherished by the Vedrans. Rommie believes there is a chance that a group of Vedrans could have been trapped there after the Commonwealth fell 300 years ago.
Dylan, Rommie and Trance go down to Ral Parthia where they discover a wounded Vedran being protected by a group known as Warders. They, at first, attack Dylan and the others but soon join forces to stop more Kalderans.
Dylan convinces Maia, one of the Warders, to trust him and she takes him to Uxulta's (The Vedran) hide-away. The crew rescue her and return to Andromeda. There, they discover she is dying. Uxulta wants to finish her top secret mission while Dylan wants to go back to Tarn Vedra to help her. She refuses and asks for a Nova bomb to complete her mission. Dylan gets angry because she won't reveal what her mission is.
Uxulta then reveals herself to be Commander in Chief of Argosy Special Intelligence Operations and threatens to throw dylan in the brig if he doesn't comply.
Dylan eventually agrees and Uxulta returns to Ral Parthia after telling Dylan that the Vedrans are proud of Dylan's work. After she lands back on the planet, she orders Andromeda to leave right away. As the ship enters Slipstream, it begins to disintegrate and when Andromeda exits Slip, they discover that Ral Parthia and it's entire system has vanished just as Tarn Vedra once did.
