The Dark Force, after it escaped from its dimension, managed to evade its pursuers and fled through many universes until it holed up in a universe that seemed sparsely populated, its energy depleted. The Emperor, sensing the presence of this evil force sets off in the spirit to find it and evaluate its power, but the long journey through the universe, and clear across the empty divide separating the two universes drained his energy. He finally found the Dark Force and forced it to battle but it overpowered him and he just managed to flee.

The Dark Spirit easily conquered and enslaved lower order spirits and built up a powerful army. It spent aeons manipulating the inhabitants of several planets in and around the Milky Way galaxy and convinced them to prepare for war, promising them untold riches and power.

The Emperor made it known that the Dark Force was preparing its allies for war, and Crankie with Martin and his guardian set off to find it. Marood Hubool warns him urgently to leave the sector immediately! He couldn't imagine the power of that being!

Through spies, the Milky Way Galactic Senate became aware that the Valgonar Galaxy and three of its neighbouring galaxies were preparing for war. The Galactic Senate consulted with the Andromedan and Heshnian galaxies, to form an alliance, and after the war had started, they were under the impression they were winning it until the Valgonarians called in the powerful Changchoos from the Transilvian galaxy! The allies were ready to retreat before that fresh force when suddenly a new ally arrived to save their bacon. The Valgonarians and their allies withdrew to lick their wounds.

The Dark Force turns on the pressure and adds more allies to its forces, instructing them to attack once more. This huge combined fleet of warships was playing havoc amongst the allies and they were sure they would be beaten this time. On both sides, thousands of huge battleships were blown to space dust and even Crankie's heavily armed freighters, as well as the combined might of the pirate fleet, made no impression on the enemy.

They saw it coming, it was like a space-dust cloud filling the galaxy and it was approaching at a speed they couldn't comprehend. It was the Halconans from the Tabulan? Hoff galaxy in another dimension, coming to their aid.

The Valgonarians and their allies were defeated and eventually, due to major upheavals in that sector of the universe, the Dark Force's peers arrived and captured it. They escorted it back to their dimension through the 'Dimension Spiral' and securely lock it up in a raw energy and plasma cell.

Crankie, the Emperor, and the Supreme Senators were invited by the Dalmerians, from the neighbouring universe, to join them in their pursuit of the Dark Force, and eventually they discover the Dimension Spiral, but they'd lost track of the enemy.

Crankie decided he needed to become more enlightened and withdrew himself completely from the Milky Way, to be tutored by the highly advanced spirits of the next universe, and then also by Marood Hubool of Xanatanka, and this led to unforeseen and unexpected consequences, not only for Crankie, but for the universe as a whole.