To help with the Academy's growing money problems, Riggle welcomes a popular bass fishing show to shoot at the lake, but its down-home host is not what he seems. Also there's a mermaid.

During lake training, the cadets discover a vortex that vanishes anything that's thrown into it, which is a problem for the mandatory Academy inspection, but possibly the solution too? Also there's a sex robot.

During midterms, the artificial intelligence running the virtual reality training center threaten not just the Academy but civilization itself. Also there's a mysterious assassination.