Decades ago, the Galaxy was shocked by monstrous battles - the Universe had not seen wars of such a scale since the legendary battle between the Tyloits and Dark Monsters. On the ashes of the stars, the wreckage of former superpowers is slowly being reborn, preparing for revenge. The last center of freedom remains the pirate republic of Ratulor, whose cruisers maintain calm in the Neutral Zone. It just so happened that a retired colonel, Siberian Shestoperov, became an artilleryman on a ship of space corsairs. Here he finds true friends, meets love and finds himself at the epicenter of mysterious events. War is already on the threshold: volleys thunder, unthinkable alliances are concluded, cunning intrigues begin, the name of the true heir to the Mavanor throne suddenly becomes known... However, the incomprehensible Fourth Force suddenly intervenes in the fierce battle of the three main powers.