 Through him, the group learns that he attempted to create a female companion but created clones of himself instead, who eventually overthrew him, much to his despair.Rimmer further explains that the others will be executed for having un-Rimmer like traits, which the clones consider a crime, which Kryten points out will cause the clones to not evolve and die out.Although Lister forms a complex plan to escape, Kryten simply suggests they use the transporter to return to "Starbug", though he causes another programming error that brings the crew to a few weeks in their future.