The wish to help and protect the suffering wasteland ponies drove Shooting Star, the young Enclave recruit to her demise. Her people (nearly) burnt her Cutie Mark off, and then kicked her out putting a reward on her head. Everything she knew is useless now as she finds herself in a hostile, cruel world. The world under the cloud cover, the Equestrian Wasteland.

Stubborn on her wish to help, she embarks in a redemption quest to help and protect the ponies who need it, and to end the lives of those who deserve it. The young pegasus must learn to survive, and the meaning of friendship if she wants to stay alive long enough to help those who need it.