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As the game begins, pirates steal a shipment of highly destructive " Petrovsk grenades ".

A reconnaissance mission by Nikola identifies the grenades at a heavily defended pirate base, and they are recovered en route to a transport ship.

Without the grenades, the base is assaulted by Strike Force Centauri, and Hegemony equipment is found there.

When MacPherson confronts Pentheus about the incident, he denies involvement.

Proof of the Hegemony's intentions is later found at a Thatcher smuggling base, and Pentheus declares war on the Centauri colonies.

Now knowing the pirates are funded by the Hegemony, MacPherson suspects that a previous information leak was in fact the work of a Hegemony spy ; Nikola questions Brandt, who responds with indignance.

After a series of missions against the Hegemony, Nikola's aircraft is ambushed and shot down, and he is captured by Pentheus.

During this time, Pentheus tells him that a traitor within Strike Force Centauri is responsible for the ambush.

The squad rescues Nikola, but Schuyler is killed in the assault.

At his funeral, Ashford accuses Nikola of being the traitor.