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.
Things were pretty tense until a bit ago,
،كانت الأمور متوتّرة جدّاً منذُ مدّة قصيرة
Bis vor Kurzem ging
es hier noch heiß her,
Las cosas estuvieron tensas
hasta hace poco
Las cosas estuvieron tensas
hasta hace poco
La situation était tendue
Fino a poco fa l'atmosfera era piuttosto tesa,
As coisas estavam tensas
 até um tempo atrás.
Совсем недавно тут всё жутко нервничали