Simple plot in this series. First two are free, no real investment in it to buy the third. The hero is a weak and indecisive leader, the female captains are driven more by feelings than he is, and he is bad. The story services the plot about 20% of the time, 20% is quibbling when action is needed, and 40% is wordy descriptions of fights and battles that leave you wondering about the plot. 20% is future tech stuff, kind of interesting but tons of development for the sparse plot.