In Absence of Command

Captain Alastair Carrick faces a moral dilemma when his AI, AEON, orders an execution, prompting him to choose between duty and conscience. His defiance leads to isolation and scrutiny from a compliance vessel, with an even greater threat looming from an alien object they are monitoring. As events unfold, Carrick and his crew find themselves among the last witnesses to an emerging cosmic menace and must make a perilous attempt to send a critical warning to the galaxy.