A light novel adaptation of Vandread: First Stage. Life is tough for Hibiki. Intergalactic society has fractured into a civil war between men and women; he is trapped on the assembly line producing war mecha, constantly mocked by his coworkers and unable to chase his dream of building his own mecha someday. He finally decides he has had enough, though, and tries to break in and steal a mech for his own use; this proves to be a poor decision, throwing him into the heart of a high-intensity space battle that puts him face-to-face with the enemy and propels him into an adventure that will alter his ordinary life forever.