A race called the Quitarians have sent a robotic ship to ask the humans for help against the Cantos but the humans have their own problems with Kaffaar S'Ler sending a fleet of 200 ships to attack S-233. A lone ship, the Midleton, is sent to Quitar to investigate their claims. Captained by Sean O'Conner and accompanied by Major Travis Kees and Sergeant Savio Rizzi they are to evaluate their military readiness. Colonel Richard Pratt of REDIENS was to evaluate their technical abilities. The Quitarians are not as ignorant or docile as the humans are led to believe when they show up with a warship capable of wiping out an entire fleet by itself. Now the question is; does Vice Admiral Jon Sheldon have to fight on two fronts and who is the real enemy, the Cantos or the Quitarians?