When the Roughnecks pick up a distress call from pilots Ibanez and Barcalow, who are under attack at a research outpost, Rico risks the safety of his own squad to save Carmen.

On a mission to capture an important mountain pass, Rico has trouble trusting the squad's newest member, a cyborg.

Higgins summarizes the current state of the war on Pluto and Tophet in clips from previous episodes.

When the Roughnecks go beneath the surface of Pluto to locate the Bug army's incubation center, Flores suffers from disabling claustrophobia.