This collection features mainly military sf, but it has a few stories belonging to other subgenres as well. On the whole it is remarkably good for a game tie-in. It particularly manages to maintain consistency in its world building very well.

Individual story ratings:

Castles in the Sky by Nancy Fulda (***)
Dominoes Falling by Alex Shvartsman (***)
The Ten Suns by Ken Liu (****)
Betrayal, Clear as Kanzai Glass by Deborah Walker (**)
The Price of Escape by David Walton (***)
Hellfire Unleashed by Simon Kewin (***)
Breaking Down by Michael Haynes (****)
They Cannot Scare Me With Their Empty Spaces by Deborah Walker (***)
A Small and Secret Freedom by Matt Mikalatos (**)
Lightspeed Back to You by David Wayne (***)
Escape from Planet Error by Michael Greenhut (**)
Jump by Deborah Walker (**)
Loud for All the Stars to Hear by Alex Kane (**)
To Soar on Winds of War by David Wayne (***)
Fires of Night by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro (***)
Gorlack the Destroyer’s All You Can Eat Adventure by Robert L. Russell (****)
Ghost Ship by Nancy Fulda (***)
The Shadow Conspiracy by Nancy Fulda (***) ( )