Interplanetary transport has become a vital service in maintaining the stability and unity of the League, with vast profits being made by some companies, such as the powerful and ruthless Krill-Fireng Consortium.
Malo and Cyana board the ship and discover a functioning cryogenic chamber containing a young alien girl named Eba Sahäda.
Almost broke, Malo agrees help search for a cargo of Gruiks[*] - a kind of large pig intended for the galactic fast food market - which have disappeared into a stellar vortex.
Malo and his crew agree to take Roberta, whose vast memory conceals the Tracers' map, to Xanthos[*], the capital of the League, where she intends to take a short holiday.
Meanwhile, on Krill-Fireng, a Psionic Devourer (a creature which steals people's memories) escapes from the laboratories where it was created, and stows-away on a ship bound for Xanthos.
Malo is charged with this urgent mission to transport the Black Sun to the Sol Morituri system, despite interference from Yago Carcharias.