Negotiations between the Knights of the Teutonic Order and Volodyna broke down despite effort on both sides to compromise, such is politics even in war. After a day of heated discussion all that could be shown for it was a refueling of "The Voids Wrath". Disappointed but not overly hampered by this development Captain Hock quickly reorganized the crew and their mission to liberate the islands of Svalbard was under way, the rough, icy ocean standing as the only obstacle.