
Fed Net Announcer: Crisis for humankind. Fleet officials admit they underestimated the arachnids defensive capability. Accepting responsibility for Klendathu, Sky Marshal Dienes resigns. His successor Sky Marshal Tahat Meru outlines for new strategy. Would you like to know more? Federal scientists struggle to explain the intelligent military actions of the Arachnids.

Fed Net Announcer: Out of the ashes of Buenos Aires comes first sorrow, then anger. In Geneva, the Federal Council convenes. Sky Marshal Dienes announces plans for an offensive against Klendathu, source of the bug meteor that destroyed Buenos Aires. Every day Federal scientists are looking for new ways to kill bugs. Would you like to know more? Everyone's doing their part? Are
you? The war effort needs your effort at work, at home, in your community. We now break net and take you live to Fleet Battle Station, Ticonderoga, deep inside the Arachnid Quarantine Zone, where the men and women of The Federal Armed Services prepare to attack.