Beka jeopardizes the crew when she takes a mind-altering drug while attempting an exhaustive piloting mission that could bring Dylan to his long-lost home planet.

A stranger gives Dylan a message from his dead fiancée leading him to an untouched world with descendants of his former crew and friends, including the descendant of his treachorous former best friend.

"Okay, that did not work," Trance says. "Let's try again."

Trance tries to figure out how to help the crew survive a deadly intruder.

When Dylan is invited to the launch of the first Commonwealth ship made in 307 years, you can tell something will go wrong. As the ship explodes sabotage is suspected. As Dylan and the crew try to find the culprit, they encounter many different suspects while being attacked a violent pride. Can Dylan find the culprit before the Maru is next?