The Empire of a Billion Stars collapsed under the weight of its own contradictions, having strained itself in the war with earthlings. It would seem that humanity can breathe freely and begin to explore deep space, but in the place of the former enemy, hundreds of new states have appeared that are going to compete for primacy in the Milky Way galaxy, and there is no unity among the earthlings themselves. The Soviet Union and the United States are also ready to cling to leadership. Therefore, there are only three years of peace left before the new galactic war, and during this time a lot needs to be done and prepared for new wars that will shake the Milky Way for a very long time. But Valery Kiryanov has a very difficult task: he will have to combine his studies at the university and work for the special operations department of the GRU galactic department.