Chapter 4, The Neutronium Alchemist: Conflict Summary

On Ayacucho, Voi manages to acquire passage on the starship of her ex-lover, Prince Lambert. Voi then manages to sneak Mzu and herself out to the ship in two storage pods, avoiding the security blocks in the spaceport. Mzu wants to head to a place with military industrial facilities and no questions asked, so Lambert sets a course for Nyvan.

On the Lady Mac, Joshua has cleared the crew and his ship of the nanonic surveillance devices that were planted on them. Joshua reviews what they have found out so far and decides that Ikela's daughter Voi is their best lead. After seducing a young girl in one of Ayacucho's bars, Joshua manages to get invited to a party later that day, where he hopes he will meet some of Voi's friends. Joshua and his...