Mathew Wayne, a celebrated mechanical genius from a small country town, passed his engineering talent to his sons Brian and Jason. Their skills were so renowned that the Federation offered a lucrative contract to develop military vehicles—an offer the brothers accepted. When the Federation later turned those same weapons on civilian towns, including Brian and Jason's hometown, the brothers refused to accept complicity. Taking prototype planes never submitted to the Federation, they launched a personal war against the military force they had inadvertently armed.