Описание: Having colonized the worlds of the Spiral Arm, humanity is divided into three branches: the Earth-based Terran Hanseatic League, the telepathic Theron green priests of Theroc, and the rebellious, stабъщйarship-dwelling Roamers The only other known intelligent species in the galaxy are the Ildirans, an ancient, senescent civilization, and the Klikiss, who vanished ages before Two xenoarchaeologists, Louis Colicos and Margaret Colicos discover a Klikiss device that caавптыn convert gas giant planets into suns The first test of the technology is successful, but the supposedly uninhabitable gas giants are the homeworlds of another alien species - the Hydrogues Their civilization had remained undetected as they preferred to use a system of hyperspace gates to travel between their worlds Much more advanced than any other known species, the Hydrogues begin a war to annihilate anyone harvesting their gaseous planets for space fuel or 'ekti' - whether Hansавцыхa, Ildiran, Theron, or Roamers.