“In planetary news: Faulty gravimetric compensators have been blamed for the recent loss of two Cobalt Initiative vessels which burned up falling into the atmosfield above Pele recently, killing two pilots. The findings are unlikely to quash rife speculation that it followed a firefight as tension between Cobalt and the Eclipsis ships in orbit continues to grow. Both organisations insist that at present, they are maintaining a tenuous cease fire and deny that any fighting has occurred…”
A scene from The Deep System: Boxrunner in which an Eclipsis Scorpion pursues a Cobalt Quadstar over Io.