As the 73rd class of cadets from the Defense University on the modest planet Kibi embarks on a test voyage aboard the newly commissioned starship 'Amaterasu' before their graduation, they are taken aback by the sudden outbreak of war initiated by the bellicose Kingdom against their homeland. Witnessing their government's swift surrender, the cadets take matters into their own hands and decide to wage their own rebellion from the deck of the 'Amaterasu'. In a daring move to secure resources, they strike a deal with a prominent galactic media network, unwittingly thrusting themselves into the spotlight as the protagonists of a lethal