2654.132

On 2654.132, six Confederation transports and tankers were due to jump into the McAuliffe System and rendezvous with the TCS Tiger's Claw as part of the preparations for a major confederation offensive against the kilrathi. But with a kilrathi carrier in the system, the Claw was expecting the kilrathi to make a play for the transports so Colonel Peter Halcyon launched several wings of fighters to protect the ships. One such wing was Psi Wing, which consisted of Blue Devil Squadron pilots Christopher Blair and James Taggart. Their mission was to rendezvous with a Drayman tanker at its jump point and escort it to the Tiger's Claw. They accomplished this mission, in the process encountering four Krant and three Salthi fighters. One of the Salthi fighters was flown by kilrathi ace Bhurak nar Caxki whom Blair managed to shoot down.

Also on 2654.132, a platoon of kilrathi marines attacked the Terran Research Colony on McAuliffe VI. There they meet a group of desperate and resourceful terran scientists. Armed with improvised weapons the scientists managed to capture the entire kilrathi platoon.