Our galaxy is at war! Great alien races have just clashed in desperate combat and its aftershocks are echoing even in our backwater. The Geckho - protectors and overlords of planet Earth - join the global conflict too. Is it a good thing for humanity? Hard to say. On one hand, the Geckho are too busy to defend our planet which doesn’t sound too good. On the other, it might be our chance to finally show what we're worth and claim our rightful place in big interstellar politics.

In the meantime, Gnat the Listener and his Shiamiru crewmates are fighting at the front line, throwing themselves into the very thick of this formidable space war...