The Eternal Empire’s war against the Phobes opens a new front in the Skull Nebula! Vic and company join Forged teams Rapier and Gladius to bring the fight into T-space—but things go sideways fast when Vic is declared KIA! Now, CrazyJo must lead Scimitar-3 alongside the other Forged teams on a mission that will spell genocide for the Phobes. And behind it all, politics on Throneworld become all the stranger as Davian enters an uneasy alliance with the leader of the breakaway cabal of Cassandras. But will their alliance reveal the Empress’s true agenda, or is it just part of a longer game? Collects THE FORGED #7–9