Eight months after the astounding discoveries produced at Fermilab .

Particle physics was always an unlikely way to the superstars, but using the discovery that space could be compressed, the complete galaxy had come within reach. The technology was astonishing, yet nothing compared to what human beings encountered four thousand light-years from home. Now, with an invitation from a inexplicable gatekeeper, the folks of Globe must decide if they are ready to take part in the galactic discussion.

The world anxiously watches as a team of four katanauts suit up to go to an alien civilization. What they learn on a watery world hundreds of light-years aside could catapult human being comprehension of the natural world to fresh levels. But one team member must conquer crippling fear to cope with an alien gift she hardly understands.

Back at Fermilab, strange instabilities are starting to show up in experiments, leading physicists to question if indeed they ever actually had control over the quantum dimensions of space.