And yeah, the future is awesome.
Space travel has been achieved. Woo. There are colonies on mars and the moon, and mankind is reaching out into the stars.
This story takes place on a space station called Asterisk. A pinnacle of human design, it was built to last centuries. It's brilliantly engineered orbit pattern loops around almost every planet in the solar system, a cycle taking 2 years. On it are the best, brightest, and wealthiest humans. It's a research center that doubles as a resort.
Among the colonists are a group of humans who were abandoned by the government, and long thought to be dead. They were no threat until 2 months ago, when they hijacked a first class star-ship. They have been taking hostages, making demands to the government and endangering thousands. Rumour has it their next target is the Asterisk.
A team has been sent to the Asterisk to prevent this from happening, well-trained troops and brilliant minds.