The Legion's plan stands revealed. Criminal mastermind Seton Kellogg has devised a means of sabotaging the contra-terrine generating plant that supplies New Chicago with power. Mostly automated, the plant is well-equipped with defenses to prevent exactly this sort of event, but Kellogg's tactical genius and the powers of each member of his lethal fraternity can overcome these, or so he believes. Buck must return to Earth and prevent the Legion from carrying out mass murder. But when he arrives, he discovers them fleeing, having already managed their sabotage...

Mallory Pantera has managed to nearly strangle Earth trade in his sector, due to an almost uncanny knowledge of the schedules. His imprisoned former girlfriend Jen Burton might know how he has achieved this, so Buck goes undercover into a high security prison run by androids to break her out and return her to Earth. He manages the breakout, but discovers she's still loyal to Pantera. And, a murderous android named Hugo follows the pair, determined to kill them for engineering the breakout. Even if they make it to the rendezvous, Pantera plans to kill Burton to keep her from betraying him...