Thema Gamal's introduction to the research team doesn't ease tensions between the remaining members - Deb Jackson, Matthew Spalding and Layla Misek. Deb and Matthew all resent Thema being too easy on Layla for creating Sable Thorn, the rogue cartoon AI character who seeks to take control over the space station. Sable will do anything to take control, even disrupting their surveying operations on the Rhea moon surface to fighting Maroth, the administrative robot!