Preface / David Afsharirad -- Introduction / David Weber -- Cadet cruise / David Weber -- Tethers / William Ledbetter -- Unlinkage / Eric Del Carlo -- Not in vain / Kacey Ezell -- Between nine and eleven / Adam Roberts -- Sephine and the Leviathan / Jack Schouten -- The good food / Michael Ezell -- If I could give this time machine zero stars, I would / James Wesley Rogers -- Wise child / Sharon Lee & Steve Miller -- Starhome / Michael Z. Williamson -- The art of failure / Robert Dawson -- The Last tank commander / Allen Stroud -- One giant leap / Jay Werkheiser -- The Immortals: Anchorage / David Adams -- Backup man / Paul Di Filippoe.