Tales of Section Zero is the fourth story in the Away series, and takes place after the events of The Legend of Team 9. Over a century after defeating the supernatural menace known as Apaht, the Alliance discovers to its dismay that there are still vast regions of space bereft of a critical energy source known as the Allen field. The interplanetary union dispatches Richard Redding and Kate Minon to investigate. Their destination is a remote science installation called Discovery 11, which is located on a world near the center of the anomaly. Once there, they prepare to meet an operative from an enigmatic intelligence unit known as Section Zero. His name is Paul Hewitt; and like Kate and Richard, he's an immortal. Soon, they discover that the key to unlocking the mystery surrounding the Allen field doesn't lie within Discovery 11's data banks. Instead, it lies somewhere in Paul's distant past, somewhere within the tales of Section Zero.