This episode we find ourselves back in deep space in the territory of the future civilisation of the United Federal Republic. This time we find ourselves on the Diplomatic Deck of Starbase Proxima-147. We join an emergency session of the Attributions Committee who have to decide where to send urgently needed, potentially life-saving, resources. A batch of power crystals has arrived at the Starbase. There is currently a significant shortage of these resources - and rumours that previous batches have gone missing. The crystals are vital for military supply for patrol vessels, running civilian life-support and terraforming systems as well as various scientific applications. The committee has to decide where these resources will be allocated before the session ends.