This is the continuing mission of Pilgrims of the Veil, begun on the USS Farragut.

What begins as a mission of recovery soon turns into a pursuit: to hunt down the Pilgrims of the Veil, to understand the relics that embolden them, and to stop the infection of belief that is spreading through the Shackleton Expanse like wildfire. But as the Victory traces their path into the dark, it becomes clear that the Pilgrims are not fleeing: they are waiting.