In the year 2342 AD Phoenix Ravaulsh is the son of primary researcher Dashal whose technology source Theiyladamite is now powering the planet and causing the human federation to seek expansion across the Milky Way.
In the spring of 1885, when horse prices reach an all-time high due to government purchases of horses for the cavalry, wealthy Colorado rancher, Maxwell Jax, decided to organize a wild horse roundup in the canyon lands of the Utah Territory.