For the last few years an alien ship from a distant galaxy has been orbiting the planet of Shellfargon. After numerous negotiations the three captains of the United Earth Starship (UES) Albion agree to provide technology and satellite up links in exchange for supplies. The inhabitants of Shellfargon - Delphinid and Lacertidae - are soon catapulted from the Victorian Era into the Space Age. In this new era, Shellfargonites choose the cellphone as their favorite technology. When Star Bridgekeeper a student from Duke Tower Academy goes missing the castle knights and residents of Blueglennen City, Mudflat Village and Greenburg Valley search for her. When Star Bridgekeeper's body is found in the secret passageway between Duke Tower and the Cathedral of the Holy Centipede the people of Wolfern Province are appalled. Governor Saurus' knights arrest the young woman he believes murdered Star Bridgekeeper. Due to the notoriety of the murder Blueglennen residents are the unlikely recipients of the world's attention. People from all over the country of Curl, even as far away as New Dala, Bojenlac, and Angland travel to Blueglennen to witness the trial of the century. The trial pits an emerging religion, a dictatorial governor, Albion ethnographers and a poor shopkeeper against each other. Bets are being made worldwide as to the shopkeeper's innocence. Only the crew on the Albion know how insignificant the trial is compared to the real danger fast approaching from the Andromeda Galaxy.