With the assassination of Emperor Napoleon Bonapart plans must be changed. The new Fleet Academy is begun in Corfu and the birth of the Terran Fleet announced. Nikolai decides to recruit his own Polish Legion for service to House Kosciusko. Their first big task will be freeing Poland from Russian domination. Nikolai is half Russian and would like to have good relations with the Tsar, but he is also half Polish. He plans to make up the loss of Poland by giving the Russians help in Central Asia. Nikolai leads a training mission to Georgia to help the Russian Army with the Persians.