The NATO space station Crow's Nest was merely a staging post between the Alliance's first line of defense and their rear bases. There are a lot of these hanging out in the system. Some were abandoned, of course. Still, the resource is not eternal, and the capitalists’ hands grow from the wrong place. So why throw away something that can be repaired, eh? Oleg Filimonov visited one Soviet station, which was operational, mind you, which, according to rumors, worked back in the days when space was united, and it was not torn to pieces by several opposing blocs. Back then, joint flights were even undertaken. They say it was a good time... From the author: I threw in a Warhammer in Russian - “Trace of the Chaplain.” Actually, the Space Marines of the Sons of Lenin are crushing the skulls of NATO soldiers. One problem is the story.