Rewinding time by roughly three months, to just minutes before Jamie and Sarina departed from the Zanerth Universe toward the Vladi Supercluster.
At that moment, Miranda was on the Argent Empire's capital planet, Volarth, addressing both internal imperial affairs and issuing orders to handle the aftermath of her recent meeting with the Supremes of Zanerth's Council.
Only two days remained before the scheduled trial date, where the Race Rulers and prominent figures accused of collaborating with the Neo-Extinction Legion were to stand before the council in Zanerth-O1.
Most of the accused had already been confined in various maximum-security prisons in the Prison Realms scattered throughout the Zanerth-O1 Galaxy.
Miranda had just concluded one minor issue when a ten-ringed magic circle materialised in her office, its sudden appearance prompting all her subordinates, who had been busy organising files and making calls, to immediately abandon their tasks and draw their weapons.
