Strauch's regime is iron-fisted, the slightest infraction means torture or death to its citizens. Debauched and crazed with power Strauch wants to destroy the Collective. But Environ scientist, Paul Lamont, stops him.Rigorous training and planning don't prepare the Collective for the intense fear the geney have of "smooth skins." Afraid of their freedom and suspicious of their liberators, geney 199 must find a way to establish trust. A seed of liberation myth is discovered through geney 199's memories. He uses it to emancipate his people.Upon discovery of the geneys' freedom Strauch declares war on the Collective. Lamont intervenes with a plan to satisfy his revenge while persevering the best interest of future generations of earth.... Kill Psyche.