After the events of Invasion, Johnny Rico has been demoted to the rank of colonel and relocated to a Martian space station to train a new batch of troopers. Unfortunately, his squad is incompetent. Mars overall has low support for the war, seeing their planet unaffected by the bug conflict and even suggesting pulling out from the war. Because of their laid-back attitude, the denizens of Mars aren’t ready when the bugs attacked. Unknown to everyone, Sky Marshal Amy Snapp executes her plans for power. Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars 2017 Movie Download
Snapp plans to destroy Mars while gaining popular support for doing it. She was well aware of the bug nest growing under Mars for some time but decides to take advantage of the bug attack to gain social and political support to scuttle the whole planet. She stages a fleet attack run on the Arachnid Quarantine Zone (AQZ) as a massive distraction. While no one notices, she plans to capture General Carl Jenkins, then fabricate a story in which the Federation was too distracted in the AQZ to save Mars and had to detonate a Q-Bomb.
During the bug attack, Rico and his team survive the initial assault and manage to land on the Mars surface. While the bulk of the Federation start their attack run on the AQZ, Snapp captures Jenkins and disrupts all communications between Earth and Mars. However, before he was captured, Jenkins telepathically reached out to Carmen Ibanez to come back to Mars. Because Ibanez and Jenkins are trusted friends, Carmen redirects her ship back to Mars. Meanwhile, during a bug attack, Rico’s troopers are found by a rescue drop ship and everyone makes it on board except for Rico, whom the team presumes dead.