Michael and Gerard return to the ship with Glovic and Selby. Glovic and Selby want to help with the repair by using their High Tech computer, but they require unlimited access to all programs of the ship making Kumiko very suspicions of their true intentions.
The Ikarus leaves Mars and sets course for Ganymed. The navigation system failed again however and the crew discovers that there is a virus in the ship's system.
The Ikarus, while towing Selby's spaceship, is accelerating on collision course with Terminex, Gerard must destroy the ship, before it strikes Terminex to prevent a disaster.
Dent leaves the children on board the Ikarus and Gerard takes Command. In the middle of the night Selby and Golvic turn up threatening to sabotage Dent's ship if the children do not surrender.