The team heads through the gate and splits up, with Mordecai and Sodan setting up camp at the Ancient ruins while Atlas and Ann head to the nearby village. The ruins are a geodesic dome in a state of disrepair. The sign out front says in Ancient "something Power Research". The village is a pre-industrial civilization, and they see off-world visitors often. They call their planet "Belias", and they are known as "Belians". Atlas and Ann speak to the mayor of the village. They are pointed to an "expert" on the ruins named Auctore.