The time has come. Years of meticulous planning are about to bear fruit. Operation Atlas is on the verge of completion. Fleets and troop contingents have been positioned for the final strike. In one last effort, the coalition is putting everything on the line. Mobilizing all available soldiers, fighters, and ships, preparations are underway for the final decisive battle to turn the tide and defeat the Ruul once and for all. But at the last moment, the operation is threatened with failure. The defector Colin Grey manages to seize the coalition's attack plans. He sets out to deliver the sensitive documents to the RIZ for his Ruul masters. Jonathan Clarke, a former MAD agent, is on the trail of the traitor, pursuing him in the faint hope of averting a catastrophe.