Brilliant mech pilot Yale recognizes that the coveted SSS-class drive sought by imperial academies is an insidious sabotage device designed to trigger catastrophic reactor failure. When his greedy younger brother snatches the poisoned relic to secure royal acclaim, Yale deliberately claims a mocked bottom-tier scrap core instead. Stripped of his noble birthright for choosing perceived junk, he faces immediate banishment to a lawless border star system.
Far from civilization, Yale recruits a crew of brilliant outcasts and decodes the forgotten alien architecture slumbering within his rust-bucket frame. When the false champion's stolen weapon falters during an overwhelming planetary assault, Yale launches his heavily customized battle squad into the breach, turning the tide of war against impossible odds.
