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. When Degehardt and Mara find an empty crew pod in the cryon hold, a search is initiated for the missing crew member.

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. But Tane isn't so sure. In the Lab, Sheng and Pancha work hard to try and decrypt Commander Darius' Log. Not feeling like he is getting any of the truth from Strega, Cyriax decides that he should reanimate Commander Darius.