To get rid of the intruders, the Skuns use their ultimate weapon: they open a new, gigantic portal, intended to swallow not only the planet and its moon, but also most of the in-system space infrastructure.

The attempt at negotiations ends in failure, the heroic effort of Admiral Kravchenko's fleet, which reaches the battlefield at the last moment, is ineffective, and the daring charge of the cruiser "Frontier" against the overwhelming enemy forces turns out to be similarly ineffective.

Only a miracle can save the colony.

And such a miracle happens. What's more, he even has a name. And serial number.