After a mining crew on a far off planet makes a disastrous first contact with an alien civilization, General Eron Ryle (Frank Grillo) and the leaders of Earth’s Alliance of Government's debate if there can be peace between “us and them”. Notorious war-hero Gen. James Ford (Bruce Willis) is called upon to lead a squad of elite soldiers to an alien-infested Alliance Colony, Ellora, and find the coordinates of the invader’s home world in the hopes of launching a pre-emptive strike to end a war before it can begin.