Rhode, an elite veteran in a special operations unit of the Redblood Human Federation, is gravely wounded during an extermination operation against alien species on a frontier planet. He is rushed to the nearest research planet for treatment. While he lies unconscious in a medical pod, the Redblood Human Federation is hit by a full-scale attack from an unknown enemy, forcing it to retreat on every front. The research planet where Rhode is being treated is left isolated, and no one is left to maintain his pod. Then, countless years later, a group of unexpected visitors arrives...
