Agatha stepped forward, her tone serious as she began, "That 'ship that failed to arrive,' where did it come from?"
"It set sail from the port of Prand, stopped in Rensa for a resupply, and then Cold Harbor," the soldier reporting the situation promptly responded, "Frost was its last stop—until it resupplied at Cold Harbor, everything about the ship had been normal."
"Damn it…" Colonel Lister pressed his forehead hard, his mood obviously very foul, "We have enough trouble of our own right now... and now another ship has gone missing just as it was about to reach Frost... where do we find the energy to deal with matters outside the City-State..."
Agatha watched the defense commander with an especially grave tone, "But as you said, Colonel, it disappeared just as it was about to reach Frost—so we cannot rule out that it was affected by some kind of Transcendent phenomenon."
Lister looked up, "You mean..."