Eclipse sends Éclair and Lumière to assist the Nouvlesse quell a peasant revolt on the planet Aure. Éclair is conflicted between her duty to the GOTT and her moral outrage at the Nouvlesse mentality. When the Nouvlesse start to eradicate demonstrators, Éclair and Lumière defy their orders and attack the Nouvlesse army. As a result, they're erased from the GOTT files and declared fugitives.