For one hundred years, the Amphibites have used the Human Soldiers of Earth to spread their control throughout the galaxy.

After seeing the horrors of the colonial frontier, along with fighting the rebel Rough Riders on Earth, Winston Carmichael wants to join the elite Higher Caste and make life better for humanity. However, his hatred of the Empire might be too much. The sobs of the local planetary nationals still kept him up at night. He wondered if the Rough Riders could sleep any better. Then he wondered if he should join them, just to kill as many Amphibites as he could.