Upon reaching the age of twenty, every citizen of the Earth Federation is obliged to appear at the nearest recruiting station of the Army in order to pay his sacred debt to his native planet. So unexpected guests in the form of continental police officers showed up to the underground racer Alex Kart. He is the last "runner" of the Continent and has the right to choose the type of troops. In the vastness of our Galaxy, a young recruit will have unprecedented adventures. He will be able to visit many unusual worlds, get acquainted with very interesting creatures of evolution, bloodthirsty aliens, and even kill them. Or perhaps they themselves will kill him! He will have to go through this terrible quest in the ranks of a truly fighting army. In the first part of the novel, we will meet Alex's new friends, as young and reckless recruits as himself, and also touch a little the mysterious Order that protects the Earth from secret enemies.