The year is 2247. With a bloodthirsty alien fleet approaching planet Harmony, humanity's High Authority orders the feeble military force at Harmony to retreat, leaving seven million civilians for dead. Disobedience would be both treasonous and near-suicidal, but Private Ronald Beck, a young special forces recruit, defies authority and sparks a desperate campaign to stop the genocidal Ataraxia from destroying his home planet. As firefights rage, great cities crumble, and loved ones are imperiled, Beck and his comrades slowly realize this cataclysmic battle may impact more than the fate of a single planet...