2000 years have passed since the beginning of the colonization of the galaxy. The land is forgotten. Humanity has lost the coordinates of its ancestral home. Pilot-shooter Agjay Veren is young, self-confident. Fate throws him on the battle cruiser of the imperial armada "Stork," where he becomes subordinate to the more experienced and skillful partner Colin Maklovski, nicknamed Duke. The mastered universe is on the verge of war, and Agzhey learns that the partner must urgently fly to the other end of the galaxy, because it is there - the front line of battles. Having lost a friend, he, too, is trying to achieve a transfer to the ancient and rebellious South, from where the colonization of the galaxy once began.