With little fuel and fewer options thanks to their rapid departure from Eros Station, and the freezing of their legal accounts, the crew of the Albatross limp into High Elysium on little more than fumes. But even a week after fleeing the ProtoMolecule infection of Eros, tensions between Earth and Mars remain high. And whilst High Eylisim, the Mars space elevator tether station, is a civilian port there are not many parts of the red planet not overseen by the Martian Congressional Republic Navy.