A summary of Roman Prokofiev’s "Star Blood" Automatic translate

This book is a science fiction novel with game mechanics, set in 2022. The events unfold inside a Dyson sphere, a massive artificial shell the size of an entire planetary system. The survival of the colonists here depends directly on the mysterious Star Blood, which grants them incredible powers. The plot focuses strictly on the exploration of an alien space filled with artifacts from a powerful, vanished race.

Fall and first steps

The protagonist awakens during the crash of his escape capsule. The craft separated from the enormous space ark "Helga," which had arrived from distant Earth. The colonist ejects with difficulty just before the violent impact. He falls into a freshwater forest lake. Due to the physiological effects of prolonged cryosleep, the young man loses his memory. He remembers only general knowledge, having completely forgotten his own past.

Having reached solid ground, the lost earthling beholds a truly unusual scene. A long blue spindle of a pulsar shines in the sky. In the distance, the gigantic, glowing Ygg-Tree rises majestically, replacing the warm sun for all the local inhabitants. The hero finds valuable cargo separated during the ejection. The Colonist’s Kit carefully contains tools, kinetic weapons, and a cryptor for safe extradimensional storage. Near the established camp, he discovers a strange, furry gardening animal. The young man names this amusing new pet Kysh.

Ancient tomb

At night, a very dangerous six-eyed predator attacks a lonely campsite. This ferocious nocturnal beast uses sharp, poisoned needles. In the morning, a brave hero tracks the wounded black creature to its underground lair. Inside a deep cave, he suddenly discovers a hidden, broken entrance to the ruins of an unknown race. Inside lies a dead black skeleton, bound with long, spiked chains to a white altar. The young man accurately kills the predator and cautiously explores the eerie tomb.

Touching the glowing droplet on the skeleton’s dark skull, the colonist instantly loses consciousness. He sees in detail the brutally murdered creature’s final, harsh moments. Upon awakening, the hero gains a surprising new ability to see the local augmented reality interface. The system automatically names him Ascending. A mysterious energy substance, Star Blood, now flows constantly through his veins. He forever takes the golden rune of the Living Chains, the silver stigmata, and the priceless shining seed of the Ygg-Tree.

Meeting with earthlings

Using a found flare gun, the hero sends out a high-pitched smoke signal. He is soon confidently found by an armed search party of colonists. This battle group of experienced scouts is led by the powerful warrior Guy Flow. The Earthlings move swiftly on the backs of feathered predatory reptiles and massive horned beasts. They lead the miraculously rescued boy to a shallow, rocky river ford. The hero takes on a new, short name: Sigurd.

At a river ford, a war party encounters a hostile local tribe of River People. Old Guy Flowe bravely enters a sacred ritual duel against their powerful water warrior, Zirdan. Guy wins hard, mercilessly breaking his fallen opponent’s bones. Immediately after, a long, sharp arrow flies from a dense green ambush, piercing the triumphant victor’s neck. A chaotic and deadly firefight ensues. In the dense smokescreen, Sigurd accidentally absorbs the Runes and Starblood of the dead Guy. The party swiftly escapes their pursuers through a magical dimensional portal.

Secrets of the squad

The remnants of the Earthling squad find themselves in a vast, yellow-green, grassy steppe. Sigurd is horrified to discover that an alien, intelligent voice has taken up residence in his awakened mind. This is the consciousness of an ancient, powerful being whose blood he unknowingly absorbed in a mountain tomb. The voice imperiously advises him to conceal his newfound combat abilities from his fellow tribesmen. One dark night, one of the colonists, Randy, treacherously attempts to rob the sleeping Sigurd. A short, noisy scuffle ensues.

The squad’s new, stern commander, a cruel young warrior nicknamed Darkness, threatens both fighters with a deadly weapon. The following starry night, Sigurd secretly overhears a quiet conversation between Darkness and the girl Svirel at a waterfall. It turns out that it was the calculating Darkness who treacherously shot Guy Flow during the crossing. He coldly planned this atrocity to seize command power and the valuable Runes of others. A voice quietly tells Sigurd that revealing this bitter truth now would be mortally dangerous.

Freehold Sky

The squad arrives unharmed at a fortified mountain stronghold of armed earthlings. The large settlement, reliably constructed from the silver modules of a space ark, is called the Nebo Freehold. Sigurd meekly presents himself to the leaders of the vast earthly colony: Rix Veronica Maxwell and her stern lieutenants, Michael and Treyv. Veronica harshly interrogates the newcomer, using a mental silver Rune of Trust to detect potential lies.

An inner, alien voice easily helps Sigurd conceal his most dangerous personal secrets. The colonist hands over the silver stigmata of Eternity he found, earning well-deserved approval from his strict leaders. His old classified dossier is quickly found in the surviving Project Cosmo database. It turns out that Sigvart Morozov was a highly valued Starfleet specialist pilot. The hero is officially assigned to a combat unit led by fellow countryman Dmitry Voronin. Sigurd joyfully meets his new armed comrades, including the agile native Lando and the accurate sniper Yin.

Attack of the Crazy Pack

Early the next morning, Sigurd sets out for a remote, steep outpost with Yin and Lando. Suddenly, the bright sky is completely darkened by hundreds of maddened flying carnivorous lizards. Hungry pterosaur-drakes attack furiously, under the magical influence of the Vaal. An all-knowing voice claims that the punishing Vaal is sent by the mysterious, all-powerful Observers of Unity. This is a direct, harsh, bloody punishment for the entire earthly freehold for the treacherous, vile violation of the Darkness’ sacred oath.

A shrieking flock of winged creatures brutally attacks three sentries. The defenders attempt to fire back for a long time, then hastily retreat on a fast, makeshift buggy. Along the dusty path, they miraculously rescue a young healer named Travinka and several terrified fleeing children. Sigurd and Lando selflessly remain behind to cover their difficult, forced retreat. In a brutal, bloody battle, a huge blue alpha drake gravely wounds the brave native. Sigurd successfully uses his secret bronze Rune of the Scarlet Claw, instantly burning off the winged monster’s head.

Salvation and Truth

Sigurd stubbornly drags the bleeding, weakened Lando to the safety of the freehold’s silver domes. The experienced Ascending Minos arrives to their aid with his well-armed fireteam. They use an ancient alien beam weapon that silently reduces any living flesh to a fine gray dust. The squad fights its way to the glass greenhouses, where the terrified humans have barricaded themselves. There, the weary rescuers suddenly encounter another highly dangerous bronze drake.

The creature freezes living defenders with a terrifying, icy breath. Sigurd skillfully distracts the enraged monster with a well-aimed, powerful throw of his iron spear, giving his allies a precious opportunity to quickly finish off the treacherous enemy. In a fierce battle, the colonist suffers very serious lacerations. Waking up the next day in a white medical bay, Sigurd learns of the successful, bloody repulse of a massive attack. Travinka, who turns out to be the daughter of a very influential local priestess, warmly and sincerely thanks him for his miraculous rescue.

The structure of the world

Having quickly recovered, Sigurd heads straight to the technical science block. The seasoned scientist Matthias, also known as the combative Ascending Minos, shows the young man a three-dimensional holographic projection model of this vast, incomprehensible universe. Unity is a phenomenal, colossal Dyson sphere with thousands of isolated Circles, brightly illuminated by the Ygg-Trees. At the very center of this incredible structure lies an unimaginably hot accretion disk, an impenetrable black hole, and the colossal megastructure of Eternity.

The space ark Helga continually drops rescue cargo capsules from deep orbit, but communication with it is completely impossible. Earthlings are forced to survive, constantly carrying out strange orders from powerful, invisible Observers. A strange voice in the head of the shocked Sigurd suddenly interrupts the scientist’s scientific narration. The ancient, disembodied entity is fully aware of the current, colossal scale of what is happening around them. The voice solemnly declares that they have returned home forever, to the primordial stellar domains of the long-vanished, great Kel People.