The war was over. Aaron's beloved Commonwealth had lost to the Miram Union. With their families dead and their nation destroyed, Aaron and four other soldiers make a break for freedom; anything has to be better than being a prisoner of war.

Fleeing beyond the reach of the Miram Union, Aaron and the others have only a vague idea of getting their own starship. Their intentions are for the ship, preferably a freighter, to be their home and perhaps even a business. Their actions quickly bring them to the attention of some very dangerous men, and these men want Aaron and his group to do a job for them.

Aaron has another reason for wanting their home to be a starship. During the last days of the Commonwealth, the military experimented on them. The procedures gave them special abilities, but those very same abilites could get them hunted down.