Perry Rhodan had thrown an impregnable force-field around his spaceship, the Stardust, and declared the ship independent of the Earth nations that threatened atomic doom. The warring nations reacted as he hoped: they cooperated with each other in an effort to eliminate the challenge from the stars

As long as Earth’s forces of war were directed against the super-technology of his alien allies, the rest of the world would enjoy an uneasy peace. and Perry Rhodan would be able to pursue two further tasks:

First, he must enlist the help of people throughout the world who were secretly sympathetic to his cause.

And second … he must demonstrate to the sceptical aliens that mankind was worthy to enter their galactic community.