The insurrection to take control of the United Space Force is heating up and spreading all over the solar system. The USS Lightning Rod gets caught in the middle of a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse between traitors hidden in the ranks, mutinous crews trying to take control of ships in favor of one side or the other, and both sides want to use Gunnery Sergeant Sailor English as a pawn for their own ends. The forces trying to tear the Force apart infiltrate English's own family. They will pit him against his own son who is acting as a captain for the rebel cause and actively coming out in battle against the Lightning Rod . The situation comes to an explosive head when English gets the crazy idea to leverage his relationships with his own children in favor of the loyalist cause. The aftermath will leave him, his family, and what's left of his life in ruins.