Life in the inhabited galaxy is changing rapidly. The first intergalactic expedition. New intelligent race. The galaxy is finally divided into two camps, warily watching each other. Everyone understands that a war is coming soon, a terrible war in which there may be no winners. And the development of the situation is being secretly watched by a civilization unknown to anyone except the Order of Aarn - the Farsen Confederation, using the technologies of their distant ancestors who destroyed the Forerunners six million years ago. The last truce before the apocalypse...