Space Pirate Captain McCallery is building a new crew and there is one vacancy only one person can fill: Weaponmaster. The candidate is Mark Two-Blasters, a former crewmember who left on his own terms a year before the rest of the crew turned on the Captain. He took a shuttle to Ograr III — one of the most dangerous planets in the sector — and has been training there in isolation ever since. The planet has prehistoric beasts, dense forests, and high mesas. It also has Mark Two-Blasters, and the Captain needs him.