King William reigns over the White Commonwealth after his father was brutally murdered by the Dark Emperor. The White Commonwealth is managing its first terraforming project of Mars, Project Genesis, but they need the cooperation of the mysterious entity, The Tower Collective. However, the Collective appear reluctant to agree with the project and King William suspects this may be as the result of the involvement of Seetar, a Sanctuary Delegate, crook and traitor, who was also behind the assassination attempt on him three years ago on Shentar Two. Because King William is the permanent custodian and bearer of the Golden Sceptre, could this be the key as to why Seetar is objecting to the project going ahead?

King William journeys to the Freedom planet in the Andromeda Galaxy to try and persuade The Tower that Project Genesis should go ahead. The eyes of the universe are watching the Commonwealth...