This is a success story. The story of how a rootless orphan who grew up in the slums of the dirtiest garbage dump on the planet Evr makes a fast-paced career in the Military Space Forces of the Torben Empire. This is a story of survival where everything is decided by the ability to fight daily and hourly for a piece of bread, for a place by the fire, for the right to live until dawn. Eric Mintz went from an unnamed pupil in a godforsaken shelter on the edge of the world to a brilliant officer, whom the emperor himself awarded the highest order of the empire "Star and Sword." But meanwhile, there were years of incredible work, ups and downs and, of course, space battles in which the pilot of a heavy missile carrier, Lieutenant Mints, led his attack frigate in suicidal attacks on enemy ships. And these were successful attacks, because otherwise our story would have ended much earlier.