Renee Palmer (Jayne Heitmeyer), Peter Sayers (Chris Lamon) and Dr. Denise Kerlew (Anne Openshaw) attempt to penetrate a bulkhead found below the control deck of Ma'el's ship with an ultrasonic lance. Suddenly, Taelon energy spews out of the bulkhead, killing Sayers instantly and knocking Renee and Dr. Kerlew unconscious. Despite Jonathan Doors' (David Hemblen) disapproval, Liam Kincaid (Robert Leeshock) brings Augur (Richard Chevolleau) to the secret Peruvian site of Ma'el's ship to aid in the rescue. Augur determines Ma'el's dormant ship has come alive and is healing itself from the cut made by the ultrasonic lance. Augur remains at the monitor controls and Liam enters the control deck of the ship. He finds a groggy Renee and a barely conscious Dr. Kerlew. Just as Renee and Liam get Kerlew off the deck, the ship begins a sequence of self-destruct commands. Liam stops the sequence, but activates the control deck, trapping him and Renee on board.

Meanwhile on the mothership, Zo'or (Anita La Selva) summons T'than (Michelle Nolden) and challenges him to p'raj'rath -- a duel to death. Da'an (Leni Parker) explains to Sandoval (Von Flores) that the game board foovlashaa is played to the extreme where one player channels all his mental energy into a last move and ceases to exist. Da'an appeals to the Synod to prohibit p'raj'rath, but his request is rejected. Later, Liam and Renee gain access to the upper deck of the ship, but they drop into a black vortex and land on a cryo deck where they find numerous pods. A man named Salvius Julianus (Richard McMillan) emerges from one of the pods and introduces himself as a Roman citizen. Julianus informs Renee and Liam that his last awakening was in the 1700's and his final awakening was to occur upon the arrival of the Taelons. Liam goes to the control deck and arranges the hazmat helmets to transmit visual images to Augur and Doors. They watch as Julianus arrives on the control deck and begins to revive the ship's control console. Julianus discovers the Taelon mothership and begins transmitting a signal to it. He then traps Liam and Renee in virtual glass, believing they are Taelon spies. Renee and Liam learn of Ma'el's death and discover that Julianus was offered immortality in exchange for waiting for the main force of Taelons to arrive on Earth. He was then to judge the Taelons intentions toward the planet on behalf of Ma'el.

Later on the mothership, Sandoval and Zo'or outline a plot to ensure that Zo'or will win the foovlashaa match. Zo'or and T'than begin the multidimensional game and Da'an tells Sandoval that Zo'or is losing. Sandoval calculates the next move on his CVI, transmits the information to a small receiver inserted into Zo'or's skull, and Zo'or gains the advantage. Alarms summoning the mothership to battle stations sound just as T'than is about to die. Ma'el's hologram suddenly appears and declares that it's time for judgement. Ma'el's image is replaced by a hologram of Julianus, who declares a death sentence for all Taelons on Earth and on the mothership for not heeding Ma'el's directions to stay away from Earth and from interfering with the humans. Julianus powers up Ma'el's ship to take off on a suicide mission to the mothership. Augur sends Taelon control tones through the hazmat helmets, releasing Liam and Renee from their glass prisons. Doors and Augur run for their lives through the Inca tunnels as Ma’el’s ship shoots skyward. Liam and Renee become helpless under G forces and Julianus is impaled on the control console. Once in orbit, Liam and Renee jump onto the cryo deck and eject from the ship in Julianus' pod. Ma'el's ship continues its collision course, but detonates before it reaches the mothership. Zo'or does not continue the foovlashaa game, leaving Da'an and T'than contemplating future political shifts. The cryo pod spins towards Earth and Liam and Renee hope the Taelons understand the value Ma'el had placed upon freedom for humanity.

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