Bei der Durchreise durch die Hauptstadt Xanthos erfährt die Crew der Starduke, dass die Kosmokratische Liga eine Gesetzesvorlage plant, die Trucker-Raumschiffe verbieten soll...
Malo has convened a meeting of the Tracers, the first since his father disappeared, many years ago. Unfortunately Yago Carcharias infiltrates the meeting with the intention of destroying the unity and the friendship of the Tracers, and hopefully making them easier to eliminate.