Just a few hours out of port, the Chimera encounters a blacklisted freighter, offering them their chance at prize money.
Despite his initial success, Marcus DeVol remains sullen. Caught between his Exec and the advisor sent along with them by his father, Marcus prepares to open his orders, which will provide specifics for his mission.
The Chimera's crew has a very different reaction to their prize, and Marcus briefs his officers on the true nature their mission.
The search for the White Ship begins, as the Chimera makes it's uncertain passage to the remote Prentiss system.
Marcus has decided to head out into the empty blackness of space, to areas where no one travels unless they are trying to hide. Tensions quietly brew amongst Chimera's officers and crew as they search for the White Ship.
The crew of Chimera begins to doubt their mission, none more so than Marcus himself, as they journey fruitlessly, further and further into unending empty void.
Marcus' desperate search at last appears to have born fruit - but a surprise may await them in the blackness.