Has a battle won meant a war lost? The Nameless' opening attack upon Earth has been stopped, but at a terrible cost. Its forces decimated, for the men and women of Battle Fleet, there is no time for respite. The fleet must gather its strength quickly for the Nameless are already moving upon their next target: the now isolated colony of Landfall. The Nameless however are not the only threat, there are those who would seek to take advantage of humanities weakness. The fleet's leaders must now decide, who and what they are willing to risk. Who shall be saved and who will be sacrificed?