_What has gone before: The crew of the starship Orion found
themselves in the middle of a great space war between the
creatures called Stretts and the lost android servants of
their own human ancestors. Helped by the androids, the
Earthmen formed themselves into the powerful telepathic
linkage called "peyondix" to invade the Strett planet
itself. As their minds joined they heard the android Tuly
cry out, "Good...." And then their minds were out in
interstellar space._