The S.S. Explorer finds a new planet but this one is already claimed by the Drule Empire. They drive off a Drule attack fleet and then head to the planet. As the Land team goes to check it out the rest of the team go to the mess hall to get some food where they run into Professor Page who tells them they are wasting their time, the world is just a dead moon. The Land team discovers vegetation on the planet surrounding a crashed rocket and they bring samples back for study. Page discovers that the Drules had seeded the world and therefore they truly have first claim to it.