The threat of the Clans is over, but mankind is still at war. A planet in the Carver system is one of the most hotly contested areas in the now dubbed "Chaos March", as it is in joint jurisdiction of both the Capellan Confederation, ruled by House Liao, and the Federated Commonwealth, which has been taken over by House Steiner. When an ambitious FC general strains the uneasy truce to the breaking point, it touched off a brutal war between Capellan and Commonwealth forces, growing even worse when the Commonwealth forces are divided by the return of the Commonwealth's original rulers in House Davion.
—Miriani