Karissa Elizabeth Ann Lowell arrives on Star Base 12 from War Torn Planet Earth in the Pagan Year of 2274 only to encounter that upon her arrival that three gentlemen vie for her attention and Star Base 12 is governed by Dukes that are all descendants from one of King Edward III and Queen Philippa of Hainault sons, but the main family is descendant from Sir John Howard and Lady Joan de Cornwall whose great-great-great-grandson is Lord John Howard who becomes the the First Howard Duke of Norfolk in 1483.