The Taking Of Red Star One Book One Towards Liberty - Red Star One, #1

The far future. Countries no longer exist.  Neither does freedom. The human race is under the control of a global tyrannycalled the Gov.  Burdened by the needs and demands of anover-populated world, President-For-Life Gabrielle LaRueorders Gov Star Naval Command to initiate invasionpreparations against a planet called Liberty, which wasterraformed and colonized decades earlier by freedom-loverswho saw the writing on the wall and fled Earth as theGov was rising-to-power.
Captain Sean Hardy is awarded command of Red Star One, a newly-constructed, state-of-the-art starship, built for onepurpose:  to flag-ship the fleet on the day of Liberty's invasion. During their shakedown cruise, Sean, and his loyal bridge-crew, set Red Star One on-course for Liberty.  Not to invade her, but to defend her from the impending invasion.