Virtues of WarThe Terran military, the Astral Force, launches a mission to crush a colonial rebellion on the colony of Cerberus. The results of that mission ripple across the planets of the Centauria and place the entire system on the brink of war. Lieutenant Katja Emmes is a platoon commander, leader of the 10 trooper strike team aboard the fast attack craft Rapier. Although fully trained, she has never led troops in real operations before and lives in the shadow