Upon the distant outer world known as York8, the first war in sixty years has begun. Since the Great War called the Schism, an uneasy peace has settled upon the human dominion and its great powers. One of these powers, The Alliance of free worlds, has of late suffered to piratical raids leaving none alive upon the attacked worlds, now though, they know who is responsible. The order of salvation, a religious order that rose up from the ashes of the Schism. Although bad blood has always existed between the alliance and the Order, the atrocities committed are beyond comprehension. Now the alliance has come to york8 a world they lost in the Schism and, the now home world to the Order. However, all is not as it seems upon York8, as something manipulates the course of this war and draws the attention of powers beyond the alliance.