The Leader of the Creators settles Ruмия, but not everyone in the government agrees with this course. Strategist Mikael Aganesyan is removed from his post for his ideas about returning to his own time. Unable to accept the humiliation, he, in a rage, activates the hostile Control System (CS) of the Tu’ms—only to fall under its full control. Then he takes the cruiser with the CS on board back into the Tu’m sector. The consequences of Aganesyan’s betrayal are irreversible… They fundamentally change the balance of the coming clash between the Creators and the Tu’ms!