Pancha develops a strange telepathic connection to the ship's computer. Although unexplainable, it proves invaluable when she detects an imminent system failure and sounds the alarm.
The crew are not happy with Zandie's presence but she is determined to stay on board. Not everyone is happy with this decision, least of all Tane who sees Zandie's presence as a destabilising influence on the Star Runner.
When it is discovered that Degenhardt selected Zandie for reanimation, Degenhardt is ordered to face a disciplinary tribunal and must choose his punishment.
Having decided his punishment is to be frozen from the remainder of the 90 year voyage, Degenhardt prepares to meet his fate as a spectacular comet passes by and the Star Runner is thrown into disarray.
With the Star Runner on a collision course with an uncharted planet, it is Zandie who has the answer that saves the ship. The planet appears to be habitable and so the crew launch probes which are mysteriously lost.
Tane manages to fly the Star Runner to safety using the gravity of the newly discovered planet Earth Two.Frictions arise when Mara is selected to talk to Earth in a worldcast interview. Tane and Leonella share their first kiss.
The strange space creature that Tycho claims to have seen, fails to materialise but then Pancha and Sheng start to get odd sensor readouts from the outside sensor system. Did Tycho really see something?
Infected by an alien, Cyriax hides his illness as he slowly slips into madness. Tensions between Leonella and Zandie come to a head. Pushed to the brink, Leonella challenges Zandie to a martial arts joust.
Cyriax and his irrationality sees the Star Runner heading back to the Wormhole. Meanwhile, Mara relents and accepts some illicit holophone credits from Zandie and Pancha introduces Sheng to her digital amalgamation.
Having collapsed, Cyriax's infection means that the ship will have to be completely disinfected. But will Tane and Degenhardt's egos lead to a double tragedy?
While Cyriax's harvest clone is examined to see how it can save Cyriax, Zandie is alone in her belief that C2 should be awakened and given the chance to develop.
With the Clone awake, Zandie champions for his rights and debate rages amongst the crew as preparations are made to re-suspend him. Romance blooms when Mara coaches Degenhardt on changing his appearance to project a more leaderly image.
Tycho, Sheng and Pancha try to see what the Clone's potential is as Karen teaches the crew to dance. Zandie spies Mara and Degenhardt kissing. The secret is finally out.
C2 tries to help everyone on board Star Runner, and hooks the ship up to a fuel barge where it cannot be unhooked. Meanwhile, the young couples have their formal, but it's Zandie who surprises everyone with her excellent dancing talent.
After colliding with the fuel barge, the Star Runner is stuck, stranded thanks to the Clone. As C2's condition deteriorates, a decision must be made about his future.
To alleviate growing tensions on the ship, a celebration is held for crossing the Andromeda Line, the Star Runner's point of no return. Sheng and Tycho's experiments with the ship's food supplies has unintended side effects for the crew.
Spooky stories told to each other are taken one step too far by Tycho who completely freaks his sister out. When she disappears, has the Dark Matter got her?
Like ghosts, Cinnamon and Mara wait for Sheng to rescue them. Sheng makes some experiments and finally manages to work out where they are. Bringing them back is another matter.
A sample retrieved from the micrometeorite cloud causes problems for the Star Runner when is is discovered to not only be emitting a strange radio signal but to have markings on it's surface. Could this be a lost alien artefact?
Heartbroken over Degenhardt's relationship with Mara, Zandie opts for re-suspension. But will she be allowed to go through with it? Sheng and Tane take on Cyriax's computer fishing game - and accidentally catch the big prize.
Exam time sees Sheng play out his crush with Leonella, stealing the exam papers to try and win her love. Cinnamon and Tycho inadvertently launch themselves in an Escape Module into space. Pancha is strangely run down and lethargic.
The medical team go to work to try and save Pancha when it turns out her rapid energy loss is being caused by a pulsar. Using Zandie's gunnery skills, the Star Runner must use a neutrino cannon to destroy the pulsar or Pancha will die.
Cyriax orders a boarding party to go and explore the Infinity, a "ghost ship" identical to the Star Runner. In the empty ship, every noise and sight out of the ordinary becomes something from a bad dream.
Confronting Tane on what she knows about his friendship with the mysterious Strega, Leonella tells Tane that he has to own up to his part in the mystery.
The fates have swung against Tane who is being questioned by Lillian and Cyriax for his part in Strega's plan. It doesn't looks good, and Cyriax's heart is broken to think that his most trusted cadet could betray him like this.
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