Introduction: A newly commissioned scout ship is taken purposefully off course by its interim captain; right into the thick of a border conflict during its initial shakedown cruise; a time when saftey protocals are their most lax.  in the process, the ship gains sentience, and all but one crew member, and a stowaway perish. how will he react to his new environment.  how will the environment react to him? A/N:  I only have seven chapters of this wrote, figured I should start emptying my Ideas folder, so I am putting this here....