Ning received a peculiar task from Franc one day. He was assigned to a task force that was meant to receive a 'relic' that was found a long distance away from the surface.
They had long since known about the existence of this relic apparently, having been found during one of the previous expeditions. However, because their task had nothing to do with the relic, they had marked where it was and returned.
After that, the shadowed time had begun and the surface was far too cold for anyone to go at all.
However, those months of darkness had been over, and the sun showed through on the other side of Krimanax, so everyone was back to work once again.
At this time, Redaime had been promoted to General, and in her spot, Franc had been promoted to Captain. As a result, Franc was now a direct superior to Ning.