They've graduated! Even Dearka's made the Reds, and off they go to join the elite Kreuze team - disappointingly there's less Natural-killing to be done than they expect (which gives Nicol plenty of time to read some of his favourite composers). Rusty proves himself more than once to be the only one of them with any diplomacy, level-headedness or observational skills whatsoever - whatever would they do without him? Let's hope they don't have to find out when they finally get sent out on a real mission....