AJ's life before arriving at the United Forces base with her sister lays dormant in her mind, surfacing in flashes that she hasn't been able to piece together. In her efforts to satisfy her desire to protect and help defend the galaxy from the Zang, AJ excelled in her training as a cadet. The end of her formal training only months away is cut short when she takes a personal interest in one of her sister's instructors. As their relationship deepens, AJ finds herself thrust into the middle of a battle which no instructor could have prepared her. With the discovery that an unexpected enemy has infiltrated the base, her reality becomes forever changed. This presence unravels her sense of self, revealing a part of her forgotten past and putting her in danger of a more deadly enemy than the Zang - a Trozan General who has been hunting her.