A symbol of the past refitted to fight in the present for freedom in the futureThe battlecruiser Retribution, last surviving veteren of the Senien War, and a symbol of the union of both the Garvid and human populations of the planet Pacerea, has become a museum-cum-training ship, looked after by the descendents of those who once crewed her.When a new threat emerges, Gwendolyn Smith, president of and "Friends of Retribution and ", the society tasked with the upkeep of the old battlecruiser, must find a way to return Retribution to active status despite the opposition of... well... most everyone.Retribution holds Pacerea's only chance of remaining independent and keeping intact the society forged by Garvid and human alike in its old hull. If Gwen can succeed against seemingly insurmountable opposition, she and Retribution may make a last stand against the coming chaos though it cost her her marriage, her life, and the battlecruiser itself.