Author David Weber's Honorverse comprises one of the most detailed stories in science fiction. Discussing the Honorverse and modern national security challenges are guests:

- Retired navy captain Dr. Jerry Hendrix, former Director of the Naval History & Heritage Command and currently Vice President of the Telemus Group

- CAPT Mark Vandroff, USN (Ret), a former program manager of the DDG51 destroyer program, former commanding officer of NSWC-Carderock, and who recently served on the National Security Council

This episode's Joint Geeks of Staff host: Claude Berube, a commander in the navy reserve and a professor at the U.S. Naval Academy