Elaine Lee (w) • Michael Wm. Kaluta, Charles Vess (a) • Kaluta (c)
While participating in the Amercadian Space Academy's Class of 134 commencement games, Lieutenant Brucilla the Muscle and her gunnery sergeant, Cookie Fabré, are ordered to lead their squadron into the off-limits Neutral Zone 8, past deadly Vercadian Protector Droids. Will the squadron survive? And who will end up as a scapegoat for the Brigade Brass?