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I am not sure if we will ever know if Stark was able to survive the Plokavian dispersal, but even beyond that sacrifice he left a great legacy aboard Moya. It was Stark who informed D'Argo that his son, Jothee, was alive, and it was this information that led Crichton, Aeryn, Chiana and Rygel out in pursuit of further information regarding Jothee. However, to that end, Chiana entered into her own particular brand of ... negotiation with some men who proved to be just a bit more than she could handle.

After they returned to Moya, Chiana was certain Aeryn would express her displeasure at Chiana's uncanny ability to find — or cause — trouble. But when she came to confront Chiana, rather than being enraged, Aeryn appeared calm, even apologetic for not being able to better protect the Nebari girl. This entirely uncharacteristic behavior from Officer Sun alerted both Chiana and Crichton to the fact that Aeryn had been affected by some sort of artificial influence, and when they saw the companion she had brought aboard Moya, their suspicions were confirmed.

A Nebari female named Varla had come aboard the ship, and had mind-cleansed Aeryn and Rygel, leaving them in the same state of blissful idiocy we'd seen from Durka more than a cycle ago when Chiana first came aboard Moya. Varla incarcerated Crichton and D'Argo while making preparations to cleanse them, as well. Apparently, their mind-cleansing drugs could not affect my particular physiology, so instead they cruelly locked me in a heavy collar with which they could control me — and kill me should I decide not to obey their wishes.

Varla and her associate, Meelak, we learned, had come to try and gain information from Chiana regarding Chiana's brother Nerri, whom Chiana had believed to be dead when the life disk she carried in her stomach ceased to transmit.

For the Nebari, despite their insistant espousal of a "greater good" for all, were carrying out a serious and terrifying plot. Nerri, they said, was part of a resistance aimed to stop it.

Chiana explained that many cycles ago, she, Nerri, and others like them were infected with a contagion during what they were told were "routine physical examinations." This contagion — transmitted through intimate contact — was to be spread throughout many alien systems in the area. When the Nebari were ready it would be activated, rendering all who were infected pacified and defenseless against subsequent Nebari invasion.

Soon the entire crew, with the exception of Chiana and myself, were mind-cleansed, leaving no one to stop Varla from her planned rendezvous with the Nebari fleet.

Just when I was certain there would be no escape, Commander Crichton came to me and informed me that he had been able to break through the drug-induced mind-cleansing, and needed my help to rescue Chiana from the Nebari plot.

It would not be easy. Aeryn, D'Argo and Zhaan — lulled into complacency by the mind-cleansing — were prowling Moya's corridors at the bidding of our unwelcome guests, determined to stop any activity not ordered by the Nebari. The DRDs had all been deactivated, and if I tried to Starburst away from the planned rendezvous coordinates, the horrid collar I wore would surely kill me. Despite Crichton's best intentions, I feared Varla had already won.

Able to effortlessly destroy Peacekeeper Command Carriers, suppress free will and now weaken the galaxy with a custom-tailored plague, the Nebari were proving to be a more dangerous force than any of us had reckoned. In the face of that, what hope was there for a collared Pilot and a seemingly irrational human?