I just finished reading Action Stations(I had already read Fleet Action a while ago) and the books are pretty damn similar if you ask me. Both involve a secret undercover Confed mission to uncover plans for a Kilrathi anbush during a time of peace. Both missions originated from the Landreich and returned to wanr the Landreich that a little bonus fleet was heading their way before moving on to warn the Confed fleet of the main attack heading their way. Both tell how Confed was caught completely off guard by a surprise ambush of Kilrathi, and both tell of how from this apparent defeat, a stalemate was achieved. The way the books were timed was even similar(as in where in the book certain events happened). I for one was dissapointed, how did you all react?