In the early 28th Century, three decades after the Terran First Contact War between the deathworlders of the United Terran Coalition and the gardenworlders of the Galactic Union, a deathworld Terran, named Victor 'Cuddles' Taylor, works as a Chief Security Specialist aboard the gardenworld vessel, the Bright Plume. After one mission, Victor brings back an unexpected addition to the ship. It would seem that, contrary to the fears of the Galactic Union, Terran deathworlders have no greater aspiration than to find all of the galaxy's most adorable creatures... and boop their snoots.