 Due to a harrowing encounter with another escaped prisoner with a cloning device, Crichton ends up twinned – a duplicate created so that there are two Crichtons, both equal and original.Talyn is attacked by the new Peacekeeper Commando chasing the crew – Xhalax Sun, Aeryn's mother.To escape her, Moya and Talyn starburst in opposite directions, splitting the crew, with one Crichton on each ship.