An interstellar council debates exterminating a planet after a crash landing. Some captains demand total sterilization; others object, noting scarce resources and the governor's declaration that the natives are intelligent. After a 4-3 vote the extermination order is suspended and the fleet switches to reconnaissance. Drake and Dracoblood hold orbit, DDD goes silent, Chuck sets a psychic defense, BT and Will prep drop pods, and ISS Pathfinder has landed. The episode's turning point is replacing purge with observation, yet two powerful energy signatures, reports of Void Fiends, and Ms. Frost's hostile agenda leave the next move unresolved.