Koenig and a colleague land on an Earth-like planet, once populated but now devoid of life, they flee when a man steps from a transport booth and dies. They fly the Eagle to the planet's companion body and crash, the colleague is killed by a forcefield and Koenig is captured. Taken to a penal colony on the planet's moon, he becomes the person of interest to the warden who then conceals Koenig's survival when other Alphans arrive in search of the Eagle crew.