A rescue cruiser operated by professional astronaut Victor and artificial intelligence Astor conducts patrols of its sector on the border of the Milky Way. Their task at any time to come to the aid of those who at their own risk goes to the Beyond - an intergalactic space where there is nothing but dark matter and the eternal emptiness of space. There, people can feel true loneliness, because for many thousands of light years there is not a single living soul and even light is lost, scattering lonely photons. But every such journey is a risk. Few daredevils talk about how people change, looking into the depths of intergalactic darkness They whisper their stories as if they are afraid to draw her attention to themselves.