The Legion is the pride and shame of the Empire's space fleet. The best of the best are sent to serve in the Legion regiments, and the worst of the worst are sent there. Professional soldiers, veterans of local conflicts, rangers, mercenaries, war criminals and captured deserters - this motley mixture is called the Legion. A bank robber, a security officer, a farmer, and a mercenary are forced into the army, each for their own reasons. But before joining the active troops, they must go through all the circles of hell at training bases, where there is no place for weakness, where fierce sergeants forge military steel from civilian “blanks”...