The top Killjoys compete among themselves while chasing a black warrant held on Big Joe, a former Killjoy. Khlyen wants the cargo on Big Joe's ship and sends Dutch after it, while John and D'avin team up.
Top Killjoys from around the Quad are pitted against one another in a race to find Big Joe, a legendary Killjoy gone rogue. But Khlyen is determined to find Big Joe for his own shadowy purposes, and pressures Dutch to get to him first. Meanwhile, with Dutch gone, John and D'avin are forced to team up with an old nemesis.