After millennia watching the fledgling planet called Earth, the Voltairiens have decided it's time to introduce them to the federation. They send their beloved Prince Therien, their future King, to do the honors. He is drawn to a noisy bar in the city of Seattle where he meets a fiery little redhead named Ripley. At first, she thinks he's a nutjob, maybe, escaped from a psychiatric hospital, and she keeps him on his toes, but eventually she realizes that he is truly who he says he is and decides to help him in his diplomatic mission to get the planet Earth to join the Intergalactic Federation. Will they be successful or will the powers that be take Therien into their custody to be poked and prodded for their own sick curiosity?