Correspondence from the End of the Universe, Volume 3 (Correspondence from the End of the Universe #18-23)

Marko is a Russian student who's been conscripted to staff a distant alien lab responsible for the operations of space. He's gradually getting used to his new job and getting to know an assortment of alien colleagues, but not everyone has his best interests at heart. The space pirates who set their sights on Marko were doomed to a sad fate!