As Conrad's Jim was a tragic and ultimately noble hero, so too is Shwartz's Jim. A professional soldier whose time has passed, Jim is stationed as security for a commercial venture critical to humanity's continued survival. Now he's just another "tin soldier", a prop for the military to look good to war-weary civilians. But he's never stopped caring about those who scorn him and the ideals to which he still clings. That caring is tested when he is thrust into a scandal not of his making and chooses to carry the burden of guilt no matter what. Because of his own pride . . . and maybe because that's the one thing he has left.

That, and a promise of a second chance.