Dusty Rhoades enlisted into the UEE Navy right after school, wanting to test himself. Coming from the slums of Houston on Earth, he pictured himself a strong candidate as a fighter pilot. Upon joining the Navy, it was painfully obvious that, while he had a strong grasp in spatial understanding and a calculated mind, he lacked the fore-thought and reflexes to make even a fairing fighter pilot. But his other skills caught the eye of a Commander within the UEE Navy's Logistical Command. Within a year, he was the loadmaster aboard one of the UEE's coveted M2 Hercules, and by the end of his first enlistment, had been recommended by his chain of command to enter Officers' Candidates School to captain his own Crucible class repair ship. Now, upon leaving his military service, where will his story take him next?