Jag in space. A just determination

Ensign Paul Sinclair is assigned to the orbiting space warship the USS Michaelson as the ship's lone legal officer. When the ship's captain is accused of ordering the destruction of a civilian research vessel and commanded to return to port for court-martial, Sinclair must testify at the hearing. With his own future and that of his captain resting on a knife-edge, which side will Sinclair choose to fight for?