Titus catches the Guardians when they try to break into the Nova Corps Headquarters and agrees to let them go if they infiltrate a notorious group of weapons dealers called the Black Order.
On a mission to find the next Pandorian Crystal, the Guardians encounter a race of aliens that are under attack by rock-like Rexians and help fight them off, but Groot becomes infected with the same fungus that possesses the Rexians.
After crash landing on a space station called Conjunction, the Guardians search for Pandorian Crystals while avoiding fighting in the Conjunction Arena and being busted by Nova Corpsman Titus.
After the Guardians narrowly escape Thanos and Korath, Rocket accepts an offer to work for the Collector, while the other Guardians search for Pandorian Crystals needed to power the map to the Star Seed.
After the Cosmic Seed caused Knowhere to be awakened and Groot to be overpowered by its energies, Korath kidnaps Star-Lord and Gamora, and Cosmo uses Knowhere technology to help Drax, Rocket, and Groot on a rescue mission.
