Jason Cadieux

As Danny and Baez join a narcotics task force to track down a drug supplier, Baez comes into contact with drugs and is soon fighting for her life from an accidental overdose.

Augur is caught and placed in a special prison where he is placed in a sensory deprivation chamber. An amoralist gets him out and wants Augur to help him steal the gold Zo'or has on the mothership. When Liam learns of what happened he tries to find Augur.

In Val Verde, South America a woman with a lethal "hellsgate virus" takes refuge on the Vast Explorer and the local government seals the ship, cutting it off from the outside world. The local government plans to use the crew to generate vaccine with no concern for the team's lives. Worse, the local colonel plans to use the plague as a biological weapon. Even the American consul is a fake sent in by the colonel.