 Dave Lister does his best to teach Kryten to lie, stating he needs it as a natural form of defence.Although Kryten has some success, he finds he cannot properly lie in the presence of anyone else, and is forced to abandon his lessons when Arnold Rimmer requires him to pilot a "Starbug" for asteroid-spotting.When they receive a distress call from a doomed ship, Kryten manages to make use of Lister's insubordination training to go search for survivors despite Rimmer's orders against this.