Ikta and crew are assigned to a garrison in the far northern region of the empire: a lonely, desolate place at the foot of a massive mountain range. The garrison staff are petty and corrupt, and don't like it when Ikta slacks off and defies orders.  But when they try to throw him in the garrison prison, he stumbles across a secret that they want desperately to keep hidden.
when the Kioka barbarians dared 
trespass on Imperial land...
...عندما تجرّأ همجيّو كيوكو على انتهاك الأرض الامبراطوريّة
hätten es diese Kioka-Barbaren
niemals gewagt,
se atrevieron a pisar
las tierras del imperio…
se atrevieron a pisar
las tierras del imperio…
lorsque les barbares de Kioka
ont envahi la province !
io e i miei uomini fossimo stati presenti, noi...
quando os bárbaros de Kioka 
entraram no território do império...
когда на имперские земли 
ступила нога республиканских варваров.