In this episode, our intrepid explorers finally reach the haven of Absalom Station, where they mingle with the intelligent life there. Wowed by androids and Kasathas, wooed by Lashunta, and intimidated by Shirren and Vesk. And the humans were there too, I guess. But afterwards they briefly go over the different classes and possibilities that await them, from the gentle Mystic to the brute Soldier, from the sly Operative to the genius Mechanic. But suddenly, Andrew is horrified to find that space radiation has transmogrified his co-pilot Jose into a cheek-pouched rat person known as an Ysoki…