Zukan was the president of Betafarl, who travelled to Xenon to attend Avon's anti-Federation conference. He was met with distrust by the other planetary leaders, especially Boorva and Chalsa, since he had long harboured territorial ambitions against them. He allied their fears somewhat by revealing he had brought equipment with him to manufacture the anti-toxin for pylene-50. He stated he had only acted to defend his own territory and the Federation were the true aggressors. The other members of the alliance accepted him.