Year of the Tsar 2672 AD, and bastard son of the Romanovs NIKOLAI DANTE has bonded with a cyborganic Weapons Crest, an alien combat computer which gives him accelerated healing and allows him to extrude lethal bio-blades. Following the civil war, Tsar Vladimir The Conqueror stands victorious over the remains of the Romanov Dynasty. A wanted man, Dante has been reunited with his pirate-queen mother and is now enjoying life on the open waves...