One quiet morning in the Control Centre, Sonic drops in on the Kintobor Computer to see what's happening. The only thing to report is that Tails is fending off a squad of Badniks in Metropolis Zone, and is actually doing rather well. Sonic makes plans to go take a look anyway, since he doesn't want Tails getting ideas above his station. Meanwhile in the Drakon Empire's House of War, Grimer is advising Emperor Ko-Dorr on the Floating Island, Knuckles, and his Guardian Robot army. A Prosecutor brings in two prisoners, Hobson and Choy, accused of defacing Ko-Dorr's statue. Ko-Dorr orders that the pair be thrown into a cell, planning to decide on their punishment in a year or two, and Hobson and Choy immediately spring into action. After breaking free of their restraints, Choy steals a dimensi