Crater XV #[nn]

Army Shanks, once hailed as a hero for discovering Far Arden, now lives in isolation, haunted by the lives lost on that expedition—including his nephew Alistair. Accused of crimes he didn’t commit, he finds himself caught in a web of suspicion, with the real culprits leaving behind only chaos and confusion.

In the frozen reaches of the Arctic, Army Shanks makes a sudden decision to abandon Canada and head for the South Pole—only to halt when he intervenes in a violent attack on a teenage girl at the docks. As Captain Sztab quietly maneuvers his massive Siberian vessel into Canadian waters, hoping to remain unseen, Barty shares stories of the High Arctic League with schoolchildren, hinting at a network of nations bound by the ice.

In the quiet desperation of a frozen frontier, Wendy Byrd clings to a dream of reaching Europa, while Army Shanks searches for a way to make it real. As Arluk and Barty uncover the strange truth behind a forgotten Siberian ship, its hidden purpose begins to unravel—just as the journey into the unknown starts to take shape.

In the frozen reaches of the Arctic, Wendy slips away as RCAN forces close in on Army Shanks. With the fate of the expedition hanging in the balance, Barty, Arluk, and Bendrix urge Shanks to infiltrate a strange, abandoned Siberian vessel—only to be seized the moment they board.

In the stark desert of Crater XV, Army Shanks escapes captivity only to confront a haunting past when he recognizes Captain Sztab’s wife as Pravda—his childhood companion from an orphanage. Meanwhile, Wendy, stranded in the unforgiving barrens, is rescued and brought to a hidden rocket base, unaware of the secrets buried beneath the sand.

In the remote reaches of Siberia, tensions rise as Molniya demands to be returned to her ship, her urgency clashing with the uncertainty surrounding Shanks’s strange report of a rocket. With ambassadors converging, RCAN strategizing, and Siberian commandos descending, Wendy Byrd steps into the hidden world of Canada’s secret rocket base—where the truth behind the skybound anomaly begins to unfold.

In the frozen expanse of the High Arctic, Molniya clings to a past she can't remember, denying she’s the orphan girl Pravda even as Shanks insists otherwise. As Siberian commandos pull her away from Shanks and the Canadians, tensions flare at the rocket base where Wendy finds uneasy peace, while the High Arctic League grapples with the unsettling truth that Sztab has vanished—only to reach out from the shadows.

In the icy silence of the High Arctic, Barty sets off a bomb in the abandoned League headquarters, hoping to expose Captain Sztab’s true intentions—though the blast may cost him his life. With Sztab poised to launch a rocket promising to end the world’s energy crisis, Barty’s desperate act threatens to unravel everything, especially when Shanks, Arluk, and Molniya are found inside the collapsing building.

In the aftermath of a sudden explosion, Molniya begins to recall fragments of her past as Pravda, while Shanks, Arluk, the HAL ambassadors, and the others scramble to find a way out of the sealed bunker. The tension mounts as Wendy’s presence unsettles the fragile stability of the two-man launch base in Crater XV.

In the frozen silence of the Canadian Arctic, Jo Molniya fights against her captors as they rush her to her husband’s ship, her every move a quiet defiance. Drake Matter reveals a shocking truth to Wendy: Crater XV—and the entire Canadian Arctic Space Agency—had been shut down years ago, even as Richter clings to the illusion of its continued mission.

In the shadow of a fractured lunar mission, Army Shanks rescues Molniya while diplomatic tensions flare over Sztab’s claim to the moon. As the HAL ambassadors debate the legal implications, Richter Front reconnects with Ken Arluk—whose resolve to challenge Sztab ignites a desperate plan to revive the dormant Canadian Arctic Space Agency and reclaim Crater XV for a new Canadian push to the moon.

In the quiet aftermath of a broken world, Army Shanks brings Molniya back to the orphanage where their past begins to stir—memories returning like fragments of a forgotten dream. As he reveals a long-hidden necklace he once made for her, the weight of what they’ve lost and what might still be found settles between them.

In the stark isolation of the Barrens, Sztab grapples with the loss of Molniya as Army halts his escape plan to search for the missing Wendy. With launch preparations accelerating and the grim truth revealed—that this mission is a one-way journey—Wendy and the ground crew face the weight of what’s at stake, unaware of what lies beyond the edge of the known.

In the stark silence of a forgotten mission, Barty and Stwalley press forward, chasing clues through a web of deception as Army Shanks recalls the past with Molniya, whose ghostly presence lingers in the ship’s hollow halls. As Richter uncovers the truth—that RCAN has been dead for years—Sztab’s crew, poised to steal from the planet’s core, face a quiet unraveling, their purpose as hollow as the dreams they once carried.

In the shadow of an impending launch, Arluk braces his crew for what may be their final mission, while Sztab flees his ship, drawn toward the enigmatic Crater XV. As Richter Front grapples with the weight of years of lies, Army Shanks confronts a painful truth—Molniya is not the lost child Pravda, even as a haunting message from her own spirit urges her to stop deceiving him.

In the stark silence of space, Wendy steps forward to take Richter Front’s place on a one-way mission to the moon, her courage unmatched. As Army Shanks confronts Molniya with the truth of her deception, he’s already racing through his own mind toward a desperate rescue. Meanwhile, Barty Redgrave uncovers damning evidence that Sztab’s ship is siphoning oil, setting the stage for an all-out RCAN assault.

In the shadow of a towering rocket, loyalties fracture and truths unravel as Army and Sztab face off in a desperate stand. When the American air force intervenes, destroying what they believe to be the threat, Molniya’s secret comes to light—she played Pravda to shield her husband, yet her heart remains with Sztab. Just as the stakes rise, Arluk reveals the shocking truth: the destroyed rocket was never the real target.

In the quiet aftermath of a successful lunar mission, Ken Arluk steps down from the High Arctic League, making way for Barty Redgrave. Meanwhile, Army Shanks makes a solemn journey through the forgotten orphanage cemetery, pausing at the grave of Pravda—just seven years old—where he places a necklace with quiet reverence.