Settled several generations before, Saragosa Leading has grown from a mining outpost to a populated planet. Time, Champion White chooses, for democracy. Since Champion holds a controlling interest in the business that has Saragosa Prime, his decision appears to be to carry a whole lot of fat. But among the conglomerates that rule space, Winner’s is one of the smallest, and none of others care whether democracy takes hold–or also whether Winner is usually allowed to hold onto his business. When Zed Bartok invades, Winner is by himself to re-take the planet.