As the Hemlock fugitives try to salvage their crash-landed ship, Ash makes her escape through an alien desert. A gangster has a deal. Common World leaders contact Ash and task her with apprehending one of their enemies, her shipmate Emma. Emma reveals that she knows Arcadia's coordinates.

After the robbery, the authorities are closing in on the gang. With a sky-high bounty on their heads, it's time to abandon ship... The mutiny dodges an evil scientist and discovers Emma's association with new aurum, an energy source. Emma secretly puts Ash in a coma.