 Cameron wants McKell to pilot the ship "Icarus", which is carrying a very important cargo in its sealed storage core, to Earth.McKell accepts the job and instructs Ixil to continue on to Xathru, intending to pick him up there.He and Ixil theorize that Cameron's archaeological dig on Meima had uncovered an advanced, alien stardrive, which he intends to be brought to Earth by the "Icarus".