Earth, 2674: Quite suddenly - and possibly fatally - Aleksy Dryagin discovers he's no longer calling the shots when it comes to Scourge Squadron, and his hair-trigger, hot-blooded pyro-warfare expert Kraken has orders from on high not only to assume command, but also to make sure Dryagin dies a dusty death on the lunar surface. But others - most notably the subversive White Noise group - want Dryagin alive and kicking for their own reasons. But are they already too late?