Dreadstar #7

1. Dr. Mezlo, the Lord High Papal's most trusted advisor, concocts a scheme to lure Vanth Dreadstar to Caldor and have him interface with a computer, aiming to dominate his mind and ultimately destroy him.

2. In an unfortunate mishap, Aldo Gorney inadvertently causes Scooter, a lizard, to regress into a Stegosaurus, which then leads to Scooter being ejected from the spaceship.