The key to the mystery lies in the past, when the intergalactic confederation decided to organize the genocide of the Tonn Sh rs, an alien species whose temporal powers are far too powerful for the taste of other races. Only 88 Tonn Sh rs, including the captain of the Infinity 8, were kept alive and under the yoke of the Confederation. In the 30 years since this massacre, the 88 surviving Tonn Sh rs pretended to be obedient,...