Year of the Tsar 2676 AD, and bastard son of the Romanovs NIKOLAI DANTE has bonded with a cyborganic Weapons Crest, an alien combat computer, which allows him to extrude lethal bio-blades. Dante, partnered with Jena Makarov, has led a rebellion against the tyrannical Vladimir the Conqueror, and after a bloody battle succeeded in ousting him from power. But their victory was short-lived...