Benny, having received a scrambled message from Irving Braxiatel, heads back home to the Collection. When she arrives, she is startled to see warships. When one of the ships tries to intercept her, her ship is suddenly in free fall. She crashes onto the planetoid. When she awakes in the medical wing, she sees strangers. They inform her that the Fifth Axis is the authority on the planetoid now and that Braxiatel is under house arrest. Benny is all alone.