After a run-in with Governor Marko’s Vornock-riding guards, Bops’ meeting with the information broker Amir Skuttlebutt is further interrupted by the arrival of Overlord Jardu Krush’s Shock Troops. Guided by the beautiful and mysterious Scrounger Sha’A La, Bops takes his mission to recover his lost spaceship beneath the streets of Tiklopis Way Station. As Krush initiates a full-scale assault on the walled city, Gov. Marko makes plans of his own for Bops and his spaceship.