It was a choice between love and career, not that they'd admit they were in love in the first place. The Navy of the Galactic Republic had changed over the fifty years since the conquest of Andromeda and Triangulum. After a half-century of peace, the Navy had become more of a police force, showing the flag around a Republic that spanned all or part of eight galaxies. That all changed when the Republic met the Sultanate of the Ming Tal, the indigenous race in Galaxy M32. Thanks to a rogue spy, two ship captains put their careers on the line to prevent a war that could cost millions of lives, all while trying to avoid each other in the process.