It's the first day of the 2596 interplanetary Olympics, and the entire galaxy is anxious with anticipation -- the entire galaxy, that is, except for Sundra Peale. It's her job to coordinate the opening ceremonies, and on top of the usual crises of muggings, outer-space traffic jams, overenthusiastic wrestlers, and brawling athletes of various species, this Olympiad has a new problem all its own: Stolen computer files.