Decisive strikes against the minions of the Darkness have loosened the Darkness' grip on the Solar System. As the Guardians go on the offensive for the first time in decades, they seek to exterminate the savages that ended the Golden Age. The Guardians may, however, find out that the greatest threat to the Light isn't its enemies, but the ones who received its power.

The I.M.C in the frontier has one job only: cleanse space of all Militia forces. Being cut off from the core systems doesn't mean that they don't have any more cards up their sleeves; ace pilot Finnick York will find that out soon enough. New winds are blowing over the frontier, and with new winds come new tides.