You are Serena Butler, he said. Have you been informed that Giedi Prime was recaptured by the feral humans? Such a disappointment. Why are humans willing to sacrifice so much to maintain their inefficient chaos?
 
Serena's heart lifted at news of the liberation, in part because of her own efforts. Xavier had brought the Armada after all, and Brigit Paterson's engineers must have succeeded in activating the secondary shield transmitters. Serena, however, remained enslaved -- and pregnant with Xavier's child. No one even knew where she was or what had happened to her. Xavier and her father must be insane with grief, convinced that the machines had killed her.