Having lost their home and survived for almost a thousand years on a cold planet nicknamed Ertan, people have recently gained the opportunity to once again conquer unknown outer space. Colonization of planets, civil war, the discovery of alien ships and the invasion of a forgotten enemy forced the government of the newly formed Union of Scarlet Republics to send their best pilots into alien territory. Will the Union soldiers be able to infiltrate an alien society, for some reason filled with seemingly the same people? How will they survive the cruel blows of fate? Who will remain faithful to the ideals of the Motherland, and who will hate it?