Are you ready for high adventure beyond the borders of explored space? Then come join Midshipman Wesley Edwards and the crew of the intrepid Confederate Scout Corps' Star Seeker on their maiden voyage into unexplored space. Wesley and his friend's Xaochen "Jason" Ling, Todd Boldwyn and Theo Strang are newly minted graduates of the Scout Academy: Young men in their early teens that have so much to learn not just about duty, responsibility and the dangers of space, but of life itself. Under the capable guidance of Lieutenant Commander James S. Lane, their mission is to explore new and exotic worlds and open them for settlement. At least, that's how things started out....