Max with his inseparable companion - red-haired beauty of Julia - continues life in the worlds of the Commonwealth. The couple goes on a long trip to the distant directorate of Koryt. During the flight, the hero finds himself in the hands of a strange and mysterious trophy, which, when carefully studied, turns out to be a scapa of the ancients who once controlled this galaxy. And eventually, Max realizes that he inherited extremely valuable and very rare data on the equipment of a specialized ship with artificial intelligence of the deceased race. Finally, an opportunity to join the technology of ancestors.
