Dean Johnson slays thirteen Nomads, reaches Level 6 and revels in his strength, vowing to crush the Congenital Centurion. General Yeats learns the Nomad army is out of rations and orders an interception of a supply convoy at Moonlit Canyon. He names Lieutenant Sullivan point man; Sullivan, returned from the Forlorn Hope, accepts and vows to "bring them back alive." Sullivan's squad attacks, scatters the guards and seizes the supplies, but the win flips when a hidden ambush is revealed. "It's a trap!" The episode ends with the team caught and the mission unresolved.