The story is staged in the distant future within our own Milky Way Galaxy, approxialaxy is filled with terrafors For 150 years two hty space powers have intermittently warred with each other: the Galactic Empire and the Free Planets AllianceWithin the Galactic Empire, based on enius, Reinhard von Müsel, later conferred Reinhard von Lohengra to power He is driven by the desire to free his sister Annerose, as taken by the Kaiser as a concubine Later, he wants not only to end the corrupt Goldenbaum dynasty but also to defeat the Free Planets Alliance and to unify the whole galaxy under his ruleIn the Free Planets Alliance Star Fleet is another genius, Yang Wen Li He originally aspired to becoh a military academy, and joined the tactical division only out of need for tuition money He was rapidly promoted to an ady in a number of decisive battles and conflicts He becohly respect one another Unlike Reinhard he is better known for his underdog victories and accoating casualties and da often predicts the motives behind his enemies and narrates the rich history of his world and comments on it One of his faood and evil; ood”Besides the two main heroes, the story is full of vivid characters and intricate politics All types of characters, froh nobility, admirals and politicians, to common soldiers and farmers, are interwoven into the story The story frequently switches away fro for his life on the battlefieldThere is a third neutral power nominally attached to the Galactic Empire called the Phezzan Doalactic scale) which trades with both warring powers There is also a Terraisaining popularity throughout the galaxy Throughout the story executive political figures of Phezzan in concert with the upper-hierarchy of the Terraism cult orchestrate a nualactic war so that it may favor their objectives