Renee Palmer (Jayne Heitmeyer) and an elite Army Ranger Assault Team led by Lieutenant Michaels (Dean McDermott) prep a proton scatter weapon for an attack on the Taelon Mothership, which will disrupt the ship's defense shields. Their plans go awry, however, when Ronald Sandoval (Von Flores), Juda (Guylaine St. Onge), Tate (Richard Zeppieri) and a team of hybrids suddenly appear and open fire. Renee and the Rangers are able to fight off the assailants, severely wounding Juda and capturing Tate in the process, but Sandoval is able to destroy the proton weapon before he and Juda portal to safety.

Later, Tate bargains with Renee for immunity, agreeing to return to the Mothership and turn over any information that will help her in her battle against the Atavus. Meanwhile, on the Mothership, Sandoval and Howlyn (Alan Van Sprang) watch in despair as their beloved Juda slowly dies, mysteriously unable to heal herself. Desperate to save her, Sandoval gives her a jolt of the Taelon core energy he has been carrying with him. His efforts fail, however, and she succumbs to her wounds. Moments later, Tate appears. After knocking Sandoval unconscious, he grabs the deceased Juda and delivers her to Renee and Michaels.

Blaming Sandoval for Juda's death and her subsequent disappearance, Howlyn subjects him to a torturous mind probe, grilling him for information as to how to conquer mankind, focusing on how the Taelons had previously attempted to do the same. With Sandoval near exhaustion, Howlyn consults Raj'el (Helen Taylor), the last remaining link to the Taelons, who harbors the collective consciousness of both the Taelons and the Jaridians. As with Sandoval, he is told he will never be able to defeat the human race.

Working under the watchful eyes of Renee and Michaels at Augur's lair, Dr. Rogers (Andrew Moodie) performs an autopsy on Juda, trying to deduce why her Atavus self-healing powers had betrayed her. Draining the remaining traces of life force from Juda's body, the three are shocked as Juda disintegrates before their eyes, leaving behind an unsightly pool of alien matter.

Meanwhile, Sandoval informs Howlyn that a companion protector named Malley had once been able to command the Taelon Mothership using a damaged cyber viral implant. Howlyn forces Sandoval to turn over Malley's implant to him. He then uses it to fool the ship's computer into recognizing him as Malley and immediately activates the vessel's weapons system, taking aim at Earth. But he is thwarted by Raj'el, who has the computer double check Howlyn's identity and refuse access once more.

At the lair, Dr. Rogers continues to examine Juda's remains. He determines Juda was unable to regenerate because of a gradual lessening of Atavus powers caused by the consumption of human life force - an ironic twist of fate given that humans are the main source of sustenance for the Atavus. Meanwhile, Sandoval again falls victim to Howlyn's wrath before being portaled back to Earth to find a way to destroy the human race. Between Dr. Rogers' findings and Sandoval's expulsion to Earth, it seems that the tide has finally turned in mankind's favor.

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