Returning to Beacon 23, the inhabitants are still trapped under Aleph's watchful eye; after Aster's plan was cut short, Halan decides to see it through.

Trapped within AI headquarters, Harmony must find a way to break free and return to Beacon 23.

Iris, keeper of Beacon 67, learns of Halan's distress on Beacon 23; she decides to go help and is stunned by the disrepair; as they go about repairing the beacon, a strange occurrence leaves them confused and terrified.

Iris desperately tries to piece together what happened to the pilot, while Harmony deals with a rogue AI who followed her to Beacon 23.

Emerging from the pocket universe, Dosto is strangely elusive about the whereabouts of his crew.; Halan and Iris get a distress call.

Beacon Keeper Jocko welcomes a new trainee, a teenage Aster; Aster senses Jocko is hiding something.

Imprisoned by the Sybarrans, Halan and Iris must work together to reclaim the beacon; Halan's past catches up to him.