The distant future. The Milky Way Galaxy is divided between two cosmic superpowers - the Galactic Federation and the Elsinore Corporate Authority. However, not everything is as simple as it seems at first glance. An unknown enemy skillfully pits such Federation worlds as Earth and Cassilia against each other, and rebellions break out on the territory of the Corporate Board with enviable regularity. Who is behind all this? The answer turns out to be quite unexpected.