Summary

Zach meets the other recruits who were ranked in the top ten after him in the Armada game. According to the rankings the night before, Lila from New Orleans (call sign is Whoadie) was seventh. She was orphaned by the hurricane. Jiang Chen (CrazyJi) from China was eighth. He doesn’t speak English and communicates through a computer translator. Debbie Winn (AtomicMom) from Minnesota was in ninth. She is a widow with three kids and is religious. Milo (Kushmaster5000 or KM5K), from Philly was tenth. He is not religious. This causes a small dispute that is smoothed over. They are all impressed when they find out that Zach is Iron Beagle.

The founder of Chaos Terrain, Finn Arbogast comes to meet them before the spacecraft takes off. He reveals to all of them who RedJive is, which leads to the other recruits...