After being banished from Equestria for a crime she didn't commit, Twilight Sparkle is found by a group of Terran mercenaries who call themselves Talon Squadron. Left with no other options, Twilight joins the crew of the ship as they travel across the Koprulu sector aboard their Behemoth-class Battlecruiser known as the Eternal Phoenix.

Nine months after joining the crew of the Phoenix, the ship's captain, Commander Marcus Bradley, decides to give his second-in-command some time off on a planet of her choosing. After some time thinking it over, Ghost Lieutenant Twilight Andromeda Sparkle decides to go...home.

As she comes to terms with her past, Twilight recounts her adventures aboard the Eternal Phoenix to her friends and loved ones. How will her friends react to somebody who has been missing for nine whole months and has been in the fight for her life in more ways than one?

More importantly, will Twilight return to her life in Equestria, or will she decide to stay with her new family aboard the Phoenix?