The characters!
Commander Jim Goacher - a tough and heroic leader of men, he leads the trouble-shooting Alpha Project into situation where the larger Alliance forces wouldn't go.
Peter Whyatt - possibly the most powerful biotic human in the galaxy. Also possibly the most overconfident, and, sadly, the most overweight.
Tom Paisley - small in stature, but an outstanding scout and sniper.
Andy Mullahan - mechanical genius and prodigy, the youngest member of the team is still slightly in awe of his squad-mates but determined to do well.
Vinny Lorenzo - a close-combat expert and holder of the experimental Excalibur molecular sword, Vinny is a straight-line, old-fashioned hero.
The situation!
You are members of the Alpha Project, a small team of individuals tasked with dealing with threats and problems the larger Alliance military can't deal with. A distress call has been received from the planet Chohe, in the Cacus system of the Hades Gamma cluster. The colonists are reporting immediate response, and ahead of a larger mobilisation, the team has been sent in...
...what will they find?