The adventure opens with an attack on the Syndaar Military Prep School committed by the Ho'Din terrorist Ort Hoogra-D'En. System Sub-Commander Jared Brojtal, an Imperial officer whose son was killed in the attack, puts all his efforts into tracking down Ort Hoogra-D'En at the same time that a group of bounty hunters learn of the impressive bounty placed on the Ho'Din.
The players follow clues to Ort's trail from Celanon to Pallaxides. They arrive around the same time as the Imperial forces led by Brojtal. The characters must move quickly to capture Hoogr-D'En and survive the Imperial assault.