Following the recent divorce with her wife and mother of her adoptive child Melissa. Maya is shipped out to a war in the middle east. When she meets Cadence Donovan an Grumman F-14 Tomcat her task force calls the Vector. Cadence was skilled beyond imagination. The relationship begins as some professional but Mara developed deep feelings for cadence. What begins as strictly professional communication slowly turns into something deeper as the two start recognizing each other’s voices, worrying when one of them is in danger, and staying on the comms longer than necessary after missions end.