Federal Judge Faith Matheson (Lena Olin) finds herself in potential danger when she is handed a case involving corruption in the military. Her ruling could decide the fate of the first U.S. rocket into space in over 30 years, and the powers that be want nothing to stop it. She is assigned into the protective custody of Conor Gallagher (Bill Pullman), a former Marine Corps helicopter pilot, but that doesn`t stop the both of them from being pulled into a web of conspiracy, treason, and murder.