The Veyr Protocol: 1

Kade Arlen came to Starforge Academy to learn how to lead.He did not expect his first training exercise to become a fight for survival.After disaster strikes the Academy's intake court, Kade and the other cadets of Watch-Four Delta are assigned to Ardent, a training ship carrying more damage-and more secrets-than anyone admits. Their first deployment takes them to Veyr, where a violent storm threatens the settlements dependent on a failing water network.When Ardent's systems begin to fail, the cadets are forced to do more than follow orders. They must repair a crippled ship, cross a storm-ravaged planet and keep Harrow Pump Station alive long enough for help to arrive.Then they discover the failures were deliberate.Someone knew where they were going. Someone made sure Ardent could not survive it. And the evidence points back to Starforge Academy.To bring the truth home, Kade must decide what leadership costs when every choice places someone else's life in his hands.