Aboard the diplomatic yacht Kurnit Corona, wide-eyed young cadet Tolo Hawk travels with his proud father to the royal planet Kinshaa, capital of the Union of Intelligent Races, to begin training in the Union Defense Corps. Also on the ship is the beautiful Princess Sabra, who will soon ascend to the throne left empty by the assassination of her father, and her advisor, Verdian Terce, a member of the secretly evil Committee.