Zach and Zozo are sent to planet Biste-Fenokee to check up on Audra Miles, an anthropologist studying an aboriginal species on a world where nature is in complete control and technology doesn't operate properly.

The planet Ozark is joining the League, and a land rush is organized for the territory for settlement. Daisy and the Black Hole gang are trying to rig the race. Also in the race are Annie Oh, Roy and Burro, and Cody "Wildfire" Carson, who have teamed up to try for the three best claims according to the survey map Roy managed to get hold of.