For more than a century, the interests of the Earth have clashed bitterly with the interests of the colonies. The feud has evolved into a never-ending guerrilla war in space--between the two sides: the Independents and the Commonwealth. A young Commonwealth Navy officer salvages a famous ship--The Dreadnought--and awakens the personality construct of the ships dead captain, Jefferson Clay. Under Clays watchful eye, the Officer embarks on a series of missions which take him deeper into the conflict, where he realises that the Indies may not be the only enemy...