The war with Concordia ended two months ago, but all the attention of the Global Security Agency is focused on establishing order in the occupied territories and pacifying the rebellious Pahlavans. Active reconnaissance against aliens is practically not conducted in such conditions. And if the situation had been different, the Agency would still not have been able to detect the threat of invasion, which is being prepared based on technologies inaccessible to earthlings in the icy depths of the Galaxy... In the meantime, Andrey Rumyantsev, now in the position of squadron commander, carries out routine service in one of the occupied star systems. But who knows what a routine flight in the company of old friends can turn into... What kind of whirlpool of events will our hero be drawn into this time?