Vacuo isn't the first place many think of when they think of 'strength'. Atlas shows off its technology, Vale, its heroes, and Mistral, its arts, but Vacuo? It little else to offer. Despite this, Shade Academy always pushes its students to be strong, to be ruthless, so what chance does a team of initiates have when they can barely work together?

Above Earth, an ODST awakens in the wrecked hulk of the ship he was stationed on. Its crew is dead or gone, but when he receives a distress signal, he has a new mission: Rescue and Escape. However, it isn't the kind of survivor he was expecting.