Saffiya Nassar has been looking forward to a command of her own, and finds herself excited as she is assigned as new Commanding Officer of the USS Cupertino. She, however, quickly realises that some things (well, most things) are not exactly going as planned. There is a group of civilians that has no clearance to be on the vessel, the officers seem either too friendly or too hostile with each other, and a weird computer bug has the lights randomly turn purple.

Before Nassar can embark on her first mission as Captain of her own vessel, she will have to sort through the mess it’s former CO left.