There are some contests that draw the most elite champions from across the known universe. Some games of skill so difficult, some prizes so great that they cannot be resisted. Competitors are willing to stake their reputations and fortunes, risk life and limb, to claim untold glory. Chiefest among these contests...is earning the Blue Ribbon at the Intergalactic Horrorcultural Society Competition.
There is no triumph greater, no prize more coveted than this. You are the Gardener, and you have heard your calling. No matter what you have to capture, destroy or murder along the way, you're going to win that coveted Blue Ribbon at the IHSC if it's the last thing you do.
After your crushing defeat last year at the hands of your greatest rival, Dolores, this time you can give no ground, show no quarter. You will travel to the farthest reaches of the galaxy, master the most inhospitable terrain, and seek out the most rare and volatile specimens the competition have ever seen. The judges cannot possibly pass you by again this time.
While it’s not exactly ethical, you do have one secret advantage this year: you’ve acquired a colony of Moogu. Strictly controlled because of their propensity to breed out of control, you’ve discovered how to manage the strangely cute little mushroom plague...you think. As long as you can keep them from multiplying too fast and taking over entire planets, what could possibly go wrong?