Summary:

Captain Young was charismatic, he was talented, he was the pride of the admirals who admired self-starters and the despair of those who were sticklers for decorum. He had seen combat dozens of times and always kept a cool head and a calm voice, even if Lt. Pulsifer had blown the computers yet again, and he was not about to lose that carefully cultivated exterior of sensible composure simply because two of the most preposterous diplomats he ever had the misfortune to welcome aboard the Hogsback couldn’t stand to be in the same room without winding each other up into a ship-shaking row.

In 2405, the starship Hogsback embarked on a three year mission with two civilian representatives from the planets Hev-N and Hel on board. This is the story of their relationship, told through the eyes of the captain and crew.