Due to his telepathic abilities, Chipper is selected to return to Alpha Centauri with the aliens. The rest of the crew are given ten minutes to leave. Saxon devises a plan for them all to escape, but Chipper refuses to go, as he is in love with Jenny. Overpowering a security detail and stealing their anaesthetic guns, the crew order Chipper to return with them to the Space Force at gunpoint. Chipper escapes and finds his way to Jenny’s cabin, where he discovers she is an artificial intelligence program, created to persuade him to return with the aliens. The crew find Chipper, and they all make it to the airlock leading to the Space Force, but there are only three spacesuits provided, as Chipper was expected to stay. Professor Carter remains behind, while the rest of the crew cross to the Space Force. Saxon returns with a spacesuit for Carter, but the airlock loses power, with the door only partially open and the alien ship about to leave for home.