Humankind is on the verge of venturing out into the Milky Way Galaxy. With the imprimatur of the Galactic Council, Sekandar arrives on Earth to prepare them to join his species in their peaceful ascendancy of the galaxy. There is a proviso: the genetic makeup of human beings must be modified to remove their propensity to be violent and to use violence to solve their problems. Sekandar enlists a team of humans and empowers them to work with him to effect the change.