<P></P><P>1794. Lieutenant John Pearce is caught between a feuding trio of admirals. One puts him in a position of danger while another asks him to undertake a hazardous commission in order to protect his friends the Pelicans. Meanwhile Pearce is also trying to construct a perjury case against Admiral Ralph Barclay. Barclay&#39;s own wife has turned against him but by law she cannot testify against her husband. Her cowardly nephew has become a pawn in the Admiral&#39;s game the objective of which is to finally silence Pearce.</P><P></P>