The military arm of the Laconian Empire, equipped with technology derived from the alien shipyards of Laconia and significantly more powerful than any inner planet fleet. The Laconian navy is the instrument of High Consul Duarte's campaign to bring all of human space under a single authority.

A breakaway military state founded by rogue Martian officers who passed through the Laconia gate with a stolen fleet and protomolecule sample. Using alien technology to build an overwhelming military advantage, they return to the sol system to impose authoritarian rule over all of humanity.

The family of Santiago Singh - the young Laconian naval officer appointed governor of Medina Station - and his young daughter Elsa.