BC and the Governor of Lunar Prime, Marc Edwards, contemplate the recent past. They look towards the future, and the upcoming election between Edwards and Daniel McEntyre, the widower of Governor Meredith McEntyre, the woman BC recently assassinated.

As Election Day approaches, BC gets dragged into the spotlight by McEntyre and the media. This does not help the prospects of Marc Edwards' reelection.

Inauguration day is not a day BC enjoys. BC also worries that the new Lunar Neutrality Declaration is really an open invitation for the UIN to return in force to Lunar Prime, right on the UTZ's doorstep.

BC has been clubbed over the head and abducted! Or has he? Against his will, at any rate, BC finds himself in a meeting with UTZ CEO Richard Wentworth. BC confronts Wentworth about Fiza, Wentworth grills him about the new Vatican Mission's defenses, the new Pope, and he wants to know... Who is BC working for now? And will BC come to another meeting?

The Peace Conference is held on Lunar Prime. BC talks with Wentworth about power and control, and spots an old enemy in a crowd.