Buzz and Mira are chasing after Lardak for counterfeiting and when they are taking him back to 42, they see Trade World being destroyed. Zurg contacts the Galactic Alliance and tells them to surrender or more planets will be destroyed.

Mira ghosts into a Crystallic Fusion Generator Core and becomes a glowing, supercharged, power-speed-junkie. Mira's father warns Mira about how her race can fall prey to such temptation, but Mira has to find out on her own. Eventually, after she attempts to battle Zurg on her own, she realizes that her need for ""re-charging"" is getting worse and worse and is beginning to take control of her life, but she manages to overcome her ""energy addiction"".

Due to a diplomatic faux pas with the Porcelon Ambassadorial Delegates, Team Lightyear is delegated to traffic duty.

As an auto-piloted freighter is attempting to make a routine transport run, it is attacked by Valkyran raiders. At the same time, 42 is struck by a fairly massive energy jolt and develops her own personality.