• Vorian Atreides places the Earth-Omnius update gelsphere reprogrammed with false data on Seurat's derelict update ship near Earth, and restarts the ship.
• Starting from Bela Tegeuse, incarnations of Omnius on several Synchronized Worlds suffer major breakdown, victims of his trick.
• Ginjo and Yorek Thurr leaving from Poritrin, meet Hecate.
• The Army of the Jihad liberates Ix from the Omnius domination with Hecate’s help.
• Selim marries Marha.