The War of 3039 marked a technological threshold for the Inner Sphere, where forgotten technologies were brought back into the mainstream.

Elise Durand-Géroux learned this to her cost, leaving her unit destroyed, her health diminished, and her promising career in tatters.

Now, nearly five years later, she has escaped to the planet Gillingham on fringes of settled space to start rebuilding herself somewhere peaceful. Unfortunately, despite trying to escape the ravages of war, a bit of Elise's past has caught up with her and she must fight to protect what she has worked so hard to achieve