The Planet Paradise has been destroyed. Essentium, a component crucial for Subspace flight, has become unavailable. The Empire is falling apart.

Anton Noname, an Imperial Academy cadet, finds himself stuck on a rebel planet. Their commander has transformed into a Demon, their space trooper dropship plummeted into the ocean, and on top of everything, the same planet is being afflicted by a Chaos incursion.

Anton must find some way to wriggle out of this bind, for he has a dream — to become Emperor!