Lianna Young wakes up, but not in her cabin on the USS Admonitor. Commander Hatcher stands outside her cell, saying that the general will be pleased to see her. When she tries to ask him where she is at or why she is here, he strikes her with his phase-rifle in the mouth, telling her to shut up or choke on her own blood. When she tells him that it would be to his detriment if the general finds her dead, he smites her again, saying that they have ways to extract information from the dead.