The Committee will have to do difficult work in the world of Asalentae.
The goal is to seize the “cowboys”—a group that controls transfer equipment. But maximum caution must be observed so as not to scare the criminals away.
Unexpectedly, the Committee is helped by a fortunate chain of circumstances: an alliance of local tribes, who mistake the visitors for messengers of the supreme god, is preparing for a war to reclaim lost lands.
Department chief Vasily Berdin and his staff decide to take advantage of the lucky opportunity.