 A forced landing on the planet Palmary leads to McKell being captured by the Patth; he is rescued, however, by some of the crew.They decide to take temporary refuge at the isolated planet Beyscrim.There, they are confronted by Antoniewicz, and it is revealed that Antoniewicz, through the crewmember Everett, had engineered most of the sabotage incidents, believing that McKell was no longer loyal to him and intending to bring him back into line.