Dutch and Johnny are Killjoys, bounty hunters in the Quad located in the J Star Cluster. After apprehending a smuggler, Johnny takes some alone time when he is alerted of a Level 5 kill warrant for one Kobee Andras. His attempts to hide his intentions from Dutch fail when she learns he has taken out the kill warrant in her name. Johnny finds and fights Andras, who turns out to be his brother, D'avin. When Dutch catches up, she quickly learns that Fancy Lee is following the same kill warrant and
The Killjoys take a warrant just to pay off their debt for the damage done on Qresh. The new warrant is a prisoner exchange. Dutch tries to turn it down but Hills threatens her and forces her to take it. They learn that a hostage situation has developed, involving the prisoner's sister and the Mayor's daughter. The trio go to Sugar Point, a run-down area where scavengers steal anything of value, where the ship is shot down. D'avin and Dutch make their way towards the hostage situation, while Joh
D'avin passes his interview to become a Killjoy, but still needs a psych eval. He starts as Level 4, outranking Johnny. Dutch interrogates the man Khlyen wants dead, but he has no idea why, so she releases him. Johnny's friend N'oa wants him to take a warrant on her missing husband so she will not go to prison. Pawter agrees to sign D'avin's psych eval in exchange for a ride on the ship. On Leith, Johnny goes undercover as a field worker and Dutch as a Hokk distributor. They hack a computer and
D'avin chases and recovers his first Level 4 warrant in Old Town. The trio then head to Bellus, who has been calling Dutch all day. Delle Seyah Kendry, a member of one of the Nine Families, approaches Dutch with a mission: the Nine use a fertility cult to carry their heirs to term, and the unborn Lehani heir has gone missing. Delle Seyah wants to avoid a war over Lehani land should the heir not inherit. The Killjoys track the surrogate mother, Constance, to a hidden abbey in the Bad Lands. Despi
Coming across a cargo ship in an asteroid belt, the Killjoys think they've hit the jackpot in unclaimed treasure. They split up to explore, but find they are not alone. Lucy detaches the ship and stops responding. Johnny discovers that the cargo ship is military black ops, and that Hogan, who claimed to be a ship picker, was an original crew member. Hogan captures D'avin and tortures him. Under the torture, D'avin reveals the secret to his nightmares. While attempting to rescue D'avin, Dutch get
Khlyen tells Dutch to retrieve a package for him, and she does. The Killjoys are called in for a Black Warrant on a rogue killjoy, Big Joe, who has been stealing from Company ships. Khlyen gives Dutch a neural link; he wants Dutch to go alone and bring him the cargo. D'avin tells Pawter he wants to discontinue therapy, but she insists she wants to help by finding Dr. Jaeger. Pawter gets Hills drunk and steals his clearance to look for Jaeger. The boys start without Dutch, but Fancy joins them. O
Dutch asks Johnny to use the neural link to track Khlyen. Dutch and D'avin go out to shoot; she says Khlyen holds pieces of her past, D'avin says the same is true of Dr. Jaeger. On the ship, Johnny uses the link on himself. The attempt backfires and he calls for help. They get Pawter to remove the link, but it breaks. Pawter and D'avin fight but she tells him of a patient, Grayson, with the same issues as him. The team break Grayson out, and he takes them to Utopia to look for the doctor. Johnny
In the aftermath of D'avin being mind-controlled, Johnny talks D'avin and Dutch into taking a warrant, in a scheme to get them talking. Westerly is put under lockdown when a wave of Black Rain hits. During the lockdown, Pree's bar is held hostage and Johnny tries to keep everyone alive. Pawter is in Jakk withdrawal, and Johnny goes to score drugs for her so she can operate on one of the thieves who attacked the Royale. She finishes the surgery. A Company man is caught calling for help and thrown
D'avin is working small warrants in Old Town and discovers Alvis smuggling weapons. Dutch visits D'avin to return some of his things. Carleen uses an experimental method so Dutch can astrally project to Khlyen's position. Dutch sees an advanced liquid plasma computer and realizes Khlyen is on level 71 of the RAC. Johnny and Dutch devise a plan to get to Khlyen and ask D'avin for help. The three go to the RAC under the pretence of dissolving the team. D'avin sets off an EMP bomb, which shuts down
Alvis is arrested for the Leith massacre after being framed. Dutch visits him in Westhole and the boys see Bellus asking her about Level 6. Alvis asks Dutch to get the entry codes for the bunkers under Old Town. Carleen tries to decrypt Khlyen's files, but Khlyen kills her. The trio pose as monks to get the codes and ID tags. They split up: D'avin goes to talk to Hills while Dutch and Johnny go to Qresh to meet Delle Seyah. D'avin sees Khlyen in his room and, after calling Dutch, gives chase. On