On Datmyr-Urgan, Galto Quohlfahrt picks up the queen Dorania and notices the dead bodies of many Anskians, killed by the protection field left by Bardioc thousands of years ago. On the Sol, Rhodan tells Gavro Yaal that he is ready to turn the ship over to the Solanians.

On Starscho, Plondfair and Demeter are sentenced to death and must fly inside the Forbidden Zone where their spaceship will explode. Laire manages to deactivate the Forbidden Zone in time and the two Wyngians return safe and sound to Starscho.