Summary

*This novel is composed of numerous documents rather than chapters; therefore, page numbers will be used to show the shifts between information.

The novel begins with a short email from the Illuminae Group to Executive Director Frobisher with the subject 'Alexander dossier'. The writer says he almost died to obtain the file and warns the Director that their corporate war is not as contained as they thought. The writer explains that they have included all intel surrounding the Kerenza disaster, starting with the attack on the colony, continuing on the battlecarrier Alexander, and ending with the science vessel Hypatia. While some commentary has been left by the group, the writer assures the director that each file is presented in its original form. The writer does, however, mock the director for demanding that profanity be censored in a document that opens with the deaths...