At the Taelon Embassy, Da'an shows reporters the Taelon Galactic Database. A sniper fires a Pulse Gun that penetrates the virtual glass of the embassy. Liam and Da'an are stunned to see gaping holes in the virtual glass that is impervious to all human weapons. Sandoval and Liam find the Hammerlin CD-57 Pulse Gun and the transducer. Sandoval tells Liam he does not want the media informed. Later, Sandoval informs Zo'or that he has leaked all the information to the media, as per their plan. Augur identifies Scott Pierce from a webcam as the shooter, but discovers that Pierce is a patient at St John's Neurological Centre. On the Mothership, Zo'or transfers his energy into Pierce's comatose body to convince humans to ban energy weapons that could threaten the Taelons.

Da'an checks with Andrea Myzar on the decoding process of one of Ma'el's messages. Da'an is shot by Andrea. Andrea leaves the MotherShip with Ma'el's message relic. Augur's holo-computer finds that Andrea is Emma King, a mathematican killed 3 years ago. Liam retrieves the relic and discovers that humanity is the genetic link between the Taelons and Jaridians.

While Lili returns to earth after being tricked into giving the jaridians interdimensional transportation, an auction is held at the Antartic Republic of Rostok for some mysterious alien weapons. Sandoval must stop the bidding taking place while Liam and Renee try to find out what the weapons are.