Humankind faces the threat of war on a galactic scale. In the face of a gargantuan and unyielding enemy, Earth puts its best men and women forward to weather the storm. The Interstellar Response Team is the best is the business, though their calculated aggression and efficient violence make them the spitting image of what the rest of the galaxy hates about the human race. Though carnage reigns overhead between expanses of starships, and planetary defenses fire lasers capable of rending steel, individual soldiers fight the intimate battles no ship can. Will the efforts of a few dedicated professionals in the right places turn the tide of the war? Or will their sacrifices end up as little more than a footnote in the story of the galaxy? When all is said and done, can the friends of humanity forgive the hard choices made by the apex predators of Earth? Inspired by the amazing universe of The Nature of Predators created by SpacePaladin15 and running concurrent with the canon events of the original work.