With Darkseid and his minions in hot pursuit Superman Firestorm and Cyborg temporarily take shelter in a huge derelict space vessel. It turns out that the three Galactic Guardians have boarded a ghost ship controlled by a fugitive princess who uses hologram images to ward off pirates and to protect the people of her planet?who live in miniaturized form in a locket around her neck. Darkseid hopes to exploit the princess and to take sinister advantage of Superman's weakened state!