First Contact has happened. They say they want to help, but there are skeptics. There are also those who don't want them here at all. Only a few weeks after arriving in this brave new world, it may all come crashing down unless cooperation can be achieved. Communications Specialist Inyetso Dyinyavec has only known the military life of her ship, training every day to protect a world the name of which she only learned a matter of weeks ago. Santiago de las Cruces knows that he does not accept the presence of the aliens, and will do whatever it takes to keep Earth free from their influence.