The festival did not allow the armada enough breather as they had to address a flotilla of ships on an exodus to find their ancestors. A notebook slipped in a jacket pocket revealed an invasion in progress for earth. The invasion is part of a larger invasion of several worlds of several species, some of whom were armada species. The emperor is deposed and the queens assist to bring their expeditionary forces back home. The armada fulfills the role of aliens deciding the fate of the planets in area. The Maqee world was threatened with invasion from an entirely different group of species.