"The Only Good Bug Is A Dead Bug"

Hundreds of years from now, Earth is governed by the United Citizen Federation, a vast parliamentary state where citizenship—and the rights to vote or hold public office—is earned, not given. Only those who complete public service, particularly military duty, gain the privileges of full civic life. As the Federation expands its reach across the stars, it finds itself locked in a brutal and existential war with a relentless alien species: the Arachnids.