Lieutenant Jack Falco woke up said goodbye to his wife and daughter three hours later his family and half the worlds population was dead. When he couldnt put a bullet in his head Falco did the next best thing took a commission as captain and left for humanitys furthest boundary Station Pluto. Five years in a scout-class boat refitted for the long haul and Falco escapes the horrors of earth only to find something worse waiting in the vast Oort Cloud an ancient civilization with a history of violent expansion and humanity has unwittingly entered their territory.