Outnumbered by the superior forces and firepower of the Syndicate Worlds, the Alliance fleet continues its dangerous retreat across the enemy star system. Led by the legendary Captain John âBlack Jackâ Geary, who returned to the fleet
after a hundred-year suspended animation, the Alliance is desperately trying to return home with its captured prize: the key to the Syndic hypernet, and the key to victory âŠ
Geary is convinced that the Syndics are planning to ambush the fleet and finish it off once and for all. Realizing the fleetâs best (and only) chance is to do the unexpected, Geary takes the offensive and orders the fleet to the Sancere System.
There, a multitude of possible routes home give the Alliance fleet a better chance of avoiding their pursuersâand an attack on the Sancere shipbuilding facilities could decimate the Syndic war effort.
Weary from endless combat, the officers and crew of the Alliance fleet canât see the sense in charging deeper into enemy territoryâprompting a mutiny that divides them and leaves Geary with higher odds against him than ever before âŠ