Zeke Taylor isn't like the other cadets entering the Anyari military academy.
He's from Earth.
They think he helped save the planet from the latest attack by the Rogue--a race of sentient machines. He recognizes it for the blind luck it was.
They think he can do it again and enter him in the Anyari military academy where he'll compete against his new comrades. The first challenge, a simulation of a disastrous battle over two hundred years ago. One no one has ever completed.
The story was overall good, although some plot elements were almost directly taken from Star Trek. Unfortunately, the low quality editing work interfered with my enjoyment. There are points where conversation between characters is written overly formally, and times when it isn't.