Gambler's Bluff

Lieutenant JG William (Bill) DeGeorge, starfighter pilot with a slight tendency to get into trouble...periodically. He is stranded on a planet his fleet was preparing for colonization during a battle with the opposing Bomitoc forces. The remainders of the fleet retreated unaware Bill survived the battle.
After making repairs to his starfighter, Bill rescues three female medics that all out rank him, trapped in a science lab with the oxygen dissipating rapidly aboard a derelict cruiser orbiting the planet. He also looks to see what he can scavenge to finish his repairs.
His life becomes even more complicated when the four of them discover the presence of enemy Bomitoc warriors on the planet with them. Regulations state that Bill, the senior combat officer in a theater take command. The ladies don't like it.
The discovery of captive humans on a distant planet orbiting a pulsating star about to go supernova leads Bill to form a desperate plan involving the rescue of not only humans but Bomitoc scientists as well.
With the help of his new friends, they plot treason to alter the destiny of countless races and hundreds of planets.