That evening on Pabu, Hunter and Echo watch Omega playing gleefully with Wrecker and Lyana in the courtyard. During his time away, Echo has been building up a network of clones with Captain Rex. Although he's up against a power he can't hope to defeat, he still seeks justice. "It's about fighting for our brothers," Echo tells Hunter.

Meanwhile, Tech completes the decryption of the code. Intel is scarce, but he learns the chief scientist in charge of the clandestine operation in the Advanced Science Division is Doctor Royce Hemlock, a disgraced member of the Republic Science Corps who conducted "unauthorized, and unorthodox, experiments.”

Tech also finds Crosshair's clone number on the transfer register. When he checks the old comm channels to confirm, he patches into the distress call sent from Mount Tantiss. "Plan 88: The Seeker." Given their history, the Batchers can't be sure the message, a warning that they're being targeted, isn't another trap.

On Wayland, Crosshair finds himself back on the same exam table, the restraints tightened around his head and limbs. "Why suffer more?" Hemlock asks. "All I need is the young clone. She means nothing to you." Crosshair remains silent as the interrogation droid moves into view.