With the Battle of Valhalla Station, the Second Swarm War is in full swing and Earth is barely holding on. In an attempt to regain the initiative, the IDF has sent its remaining legacy armada to Francia Sector under command of the legendary Captain Timothy Granger. Earth’s defense now rests upon the prototype asteroid ship Colossus, a behemoth of awesome power, as it watches and waits for the next Swarm appearance…which occurs all too soon on Earth’s doorstep. Battlestar Galactica meets Secret Agent as the Colossus’s crew must defend against a desperate Swarm attack…as well as a political conflict it was never designed to survive.

The Swarm have been eradicated from Earth's solar system and humanity is safe for the moment. But the rot within the IDF remains a problem. The saboteurs who wanted asteroid battleship Colossus gone have escaped Captain Mamoru Suzuki's relentless pursuit. And the United Earth bureaucrats have seized Griffin Poldark's new ship, the Swift, and all its cargo. Now Poldark and his crew must venture deep into Russian Confederation space and hire on with miners, pirates and privateers in order to make back what they lost, all the while hoping that Suzuki doesn't hold a grudge. But the IDF has picked Suzuki to head a new mission deep into Russian space and his orders are to arrest or kill its number one suspect in the attempt to destroy Colossus: Griffin Poldark!