Tremol, a lieutenant of the Interplanetary Space Patrol is entrusted with escorting a diplomatic team to Earth to establish trade relations and share technology with the Vaedra System. When the landing party fails to report in, Admiral Esrith threatens to unleash an intergalactic war unless the landing party is returned unharmed. General Yermolay, in charge of Black Projects for the U.S. Government, plans to keep the landing party a...