A cosmic future for humanity: the role of hopeless galactic provincials doomed to languish. But a discovery on one of the human colonies completely changes the balance of power. The Aliens send select troops to the human planet Volga, hoping to seize an ancient weapon. And that’s where it turns out that humans are by no means weak—despite their backwardness.
Death or glory, and not a step back—this turn of events leaves the Aliens utterly unprepared.