ROCKETS SLAMMED PAST -just missing the tall, gaunt man who dodged down the stairs of the Earth Embassy. A figure loomed in a doorway and he snapped off a quick blaster shot at it-missed. He'd killed one man, wounded others-and was carrying papers stolen from the secret Embassy files. They had to stop him-but they couldn't -And, worlds away, the men of Department 99 watched on their galaxy-spanning view-screen ... knowing they were responsible for this disaster-and powerless to do anything about it