The time is shown when Ido joined the Excavate Company three years ago. In the present, the remaining crew members try to rescue Maya, Ido and Alice, but the large mass that encases them warps out, taking Rick Ayer and Amanza as well. Ido and Maya investigate a wrecked probe plane inside, while Rick and Amanza fail to attach a drilling rig outside. Ido plays an audio recording that Maya found, indicating that earlier humanity already knew about Orichalt and its necessity for space travel as well as the existence of wandering planets...