The beacon to elsewhere

A high‑stakes investigation unfolds when the Interstellar Police’s top commissioner, Gus Fry, is summoned by the Overgovernment’s research coordinator, Howard Camhorn, to discuss a baffling theft in deep space. Their conversation reveals that a valuable, time‑bending device known as the Ym‑400 vanished from a routine cargo freighter, and the ship’s course was mysteriously altered to drift into empty void before self‑destructing. The two officials must piece together how a group of audacious thieves managed to bypass the supposedly impregnable security of an automated transport without triggering any alarms.

The mystery deepens as they consider the possibility of a covert boarding operation—tiny craft slipping aboard the freighter, hijacking its navigation, and slipping away with the prized cargo. With political giants and alien forces converging on Lion Mesa, the early chapters set a tense cat‑and‑mouse game, hinting at larger conspiracies while keeping the true nature of the stolen power shrouded in intrigue.