In the aftermath of the devastating Nanosecond War, Commander Richard Halen stages a mutiny on his space cruiser, the USS Wild Sky. The ship carries a massive arsenal of nuclear weapons and a Gate - a device capable of teleporting a warhead anywhere in the world in the blink of an eye. Partnering with the mysterious hacker deaf_mute, Halen moves to take control of the ultimate superweapon: the largest gate ever built.