Kookanard, Commander-in-Chief of the Laichkanges, is aboard the FASFAKAAR with his special guest: the Audh. Also included is Veurnbittar, a Vhasyr, but not attuned to this Audh. That needs to change as Buunator is no longer alive.

 

On board the MONITOR-C, 13 November 2071 NGE, Pautpar system, three weeks after the first engagement with the Audh: Farye Sepheroa-Rhodan and Shema Ghessow are having breakfast when Holar Wolkwart joins them. The dwarf android urges: The Chaos Fleet has been shelling Pautpar's Court for hours.

 

Soynte Abil is also there, as well as Cheborparner Loscozar Totuyeret (LoT). Outside, researcher Laffima Pautpar studies the Episodic Biogate. They want to take a closer look. The squad, which includes ten TARAs, must battle their way through an unreal world while Laffima Pautpar moves with sleepwalking certainty. A Munuam Tricube flies over the terrain, but behaves passively like the other enemy starships.

 

Tensions arise between Soynte Abil and Farye Sepheroa-Rhodan. Who is the actual leader? And Laffima Pautpar is not without authority either. It's not our war, the researcher makes clear. But Soynte Abil wants to give the opponent a blow that he will not soon forget.

 

Then the FASFAKAAR appears. A ball measuring 160 meters in diameter comes loose from the Laichkange spacer: the Audh has come with his roundel. Back in the MONITOR, Soynte Abil orders the destruction of the Audh and the roundel in order to prevent the erection of the Sextadim Screen around Valotio. But Wolkwart refuses, after which Soynte Abil paralyzes him. The former MdI wants direct control over the MONITOR-C. But Wolkwart has taken appropriate precautions to prevent this.

 

Soynte Abil doesn't want to lose sight of Farye Sepheroa-Rhodan. She wants to leave the moon. The task force is to keep an eye on the enemy. Perry Rhodan's granddaughter agrees and orders a ground attack on the Audhian roundel. The task force is to be secretly dropped on the moon via the MONITOR-C.

 

It doesn't take long for barely covert animosity to surface between Farye Sepheroa-Rhodan and Soynte Abil. Farye Sepheroa-Rhodan directs the conversation to the damaged BJO BREISKOLL. The repairs are progressing. Abil prefers to teach Rhodan's granddaughter a lesson, disrespectfully calling her a child: Power is indivisible. To demonstrate her power, she summons a Maahk holding an object with dancing indicator lights to appear from out of nowhere. Soynte Abil confirms: The explosive force would atomize the Headquarters of the BJO BREISKOLL.

 

Now Abil shows all her arrogance, calling Farye Sepheroa-Rhodan a child again. The Maahk is Grek-1, Vanguard of the Invincible. Maahks that can dematerialize and rematerialize with equipment. In their dematerialized state, they move toward any target at 85 percent the speed of light. They are from Andro-Alpha and more will be arriving soon.

 

The Maahk must be a Shadow Maahk, Sepheroa-Rhodan surmises. At Abil's command, Grek-1 deactivates the bomb. And the lesson goes on: only fools share power. And she's no longer a fool. Later, the two women talk again. The former MdI makes it clear that she doesn't care about the individuals in Pautpar's Eye. Sepheroa-Rhodan counters, but doesn't want to block the support from the MONITOR. While Abil drives the battle in space, she wants to extract her people with a company of the Invincible. This impresses Abil, who accepts a company.

 

Meanwhile, Kookanard and Veurnbittar prepare for the test run for the Sextadim screen. At the same time, the task force that remained on the moon is in dire straits. Shema Ghessow's abilities bring them to temporary safety.

 

At Soynte Abil's command, the battle breaks out in space. The Shadow Maahks have done a good job planting antimatter-based demolition charges on enemy ships. Destroying the Audhian roundel is just one of Abil's two goals. The entire Chaoporter fleet is to be destroyed. Trojaners, Gaids and Tefroders as well as the BJO BREISKOLL and the FELLMER LLOYD put the enemy through their paces.

 

On Pautpar's Eye, 378 soldiers, 300 combat and twelve medical robots, 30 Shifts and 30 combat gliders are deployed. The Galactic attack turns into a quick and thorough victory. The occupiers are taken by surprise and eliminated for the most part, but Farye Sepheroa-Rhodan has to mourn twelve victims within her own ranks.

 

Veurnbittar also has to realize that a battle is raging and demands unforeseen losses. He fears that the Chaos forces' plan could be contaminated, Cosmocratically impregnated. Meanwhile, Damar Feyerlant, Shema Ghessow and Namm Tarrd are on their own, having fled to safety in an ice crevice. Then a Shift appears.

 

In space, the Shadow Maahks use their new antipole cannons, wreaking terrible havoc. But the enemy has the Arynne Shard carriers, which are also leaving a trail of destruction. And Abil is missing the 100 Invincibles she sent to Sepheroa-Rhodan. Time is ticking in favor of the enemy, who is constantly mobilizing more units.

 

LoT has been taken prisoner by the Munuams. He sees the dance of the Audh. Doubts arise in him. Does the LFG really stand for a lofty ideal, or is it just a bugbear that only fools can be impressed by? The rescue team arrives in time.

 

The Shadow Maahks also intervene. They also fail when attacking the roundel. The protective screen over the Audhic roundel continues to withstand the shelling. Soynte Abil is aboard the Gaid spaceship GOULAPAS, which is on the verge of being wrecked. Now she has to fear that her last hour has come. Strange things are happening in space. Then the former MdI recognizes what happened.

 

Farye Sepheroa-Rhodan also sees herself in the fray. She heads for the Audhian roundel, still protected by a Paratron screen. And the losses continue. Farye Sepheroa-Rhodan sees the Audh and falls under the spell of the incomprehensible being. At that moment everything collapses.

 

The LUMINOSITY with Vetris-Molaud has appeared in the Pautpars ystem. The Audh dies, and its roundel is destroyed.

 

It is January 7, 2072 NGE, a month and a half after the costly battle in the Pautpar system. FENERIK's forces are defeated here in Cassiopeia. Vetris-Molaud urges a  return flight to the Milky Way. The BJO BREISKOLL and the FELLMER LLOYD are to dock with the LUMINOSITY. What Vetris-Molaud has to accept: Soynte Abil has taken command of the cylinder. And DAN agrees with that.