Masada is a planet dominated by the Theocracy. In order to provoke a rebellion on the planet and include it in the zone controlled by the Government of humanity, the Central Security Service of the Earth sends the cruiser Occam's Razor there. The ship is captured by Skellor, a scientist who fled from Earth and remade his body using technology borrowed from the ancient Jain civilization. Ian Cormac, a security agent, and his friends manage to leave the cruiser and land on Masada, where they take part in the uprising raised by the Resistance forces. Meanwhile, Skellor directs the ship to the planet, intending to destroy it...