Javier and Ilan both have missions. However, with Bethany kidnapped and Valko Slavkov on the run, Javier needs help.He finds it in the most unlikely of places: Djamila Sykora's old unit, the New Berne Dragon Watch itself.Javier plans to unleash them on the galaxy. And challenges them to rise above their past, their reputation, their honor.For they are the Guardians of Tomorrow.Volume Sixteen of The Science Officer, and the conclusion of Season Two.