Lieutenant Francis Halpenny is reassigned to HMS Reaper, a Bonetta group sloop patrolling the New England coast. Halpenny is ambitious and is not sure if this new assignment will help or hinder any advancement.

Halpenny's doubts further intensify when the captain is reluctant to patrol aggressively. All that changes one night when fate comes knocking. Seeing an opportunity, Halpenny seizes it.

Will that opportunity pay off?