Tasked with attending and mediating a summit between two former worlds, principally by retrieving and ultimately presenting an artifact of duel cultural significance. But a chance unexplained reading, promotes a closer look, as a long kept and damaging secret is hinted at. Vilgi Morr, Eviea Merrova, and the crew of the Rubidoux seek to run down the truth before the ceremony begins and crimes are brushed away forever.