Zilku jai Sheelal has not had the easiest of lives, even for a Kaleesh. Her mother and grandmother are lost during a war between their people and the Huk, a cowardly insect species who turn to their allies just as Kalee's army is about to win and she is taken to another world after she and her father are injured in an accident. An accident which changes both of their lives forever.

Manfred von Karma dies in prison and his youngest daughter, defense attorney Elise von Karma, is put on trial for his murder. With all the evidence pointing to her as the killer, it looks like a guilty verdict is certain. Can Phoenix Wright prove her innocence or will she be convicted of a crime she didn't commit?

Many years before the Space Pirate attack on the Earth colony planet, K-2L, a baby Space Dragon is born in a research facility on a space station orbiting the planet Zebes. Is he as innocent as his adoptive mother thinks or is he as dangerous as his species is thought to be?