With the death of his parents he was sent to a military school. His uncle had managed to take control of his parents estate and things were about to get worse. First there was the lone assassin and then a sparing bot that was hacked. While his lawyer tries to fight in court things are about to get real nasty.
Wanting to serve was how it started. Taking action and embarrassing my commanding officers was how my career ended. Of course when the federation declares war on my race and kills everyone on my planet it deserves an answer. My name is Stalker and if it is a mage war I know how that is done.
A desire to actually fly a fighter like in the sims caused a teenager to build his own. Of course it was not a normal fighter. His knowledge of the sims helps him create a drone that uses a different type of weapon tech. Before he can really use it the Deviants attack the system. Now his drone fighter is the only defense to stop them.