A joint GTA/PVN task force has arrived in the Luyten system, chasing reports of the Hammer of Light terrorist organization operating in the system. If substantiated, this would be the first encounter with Hammer of Light forces since the Battle of Sahr. It would also lend credibility to claims of an uncharted jump node in Altair, given the strength of the blockade of the Altair/Aldebaran jump node and the relative predicability of its shifts. Prior to departure, the task force's commander, Captain Jan Varner of the GTA League of Defense, emphasized that the reports of Hammer activity are unconfirmed. The Alliance's calls for restraint have gone largely unheeded, and system militia in several systems, especially those known to hold uncharted jump nodes, have entered a heightened state of readiness to be safe.

