Chapter Summary

Chapter 1
Aloe Muri awakens to find herself in a crash ship on a desolate world of sandstorms. She stumbles out unaware what happened or how she arrived. With a concussion, she tries to keep awake but eventually she collapses. She sees a set of lights in the air before she blacks out entirely.

When she awakens, she finds herself on a ship in a medical bay. Panic consumes her, but she is calmed by a man who said he's a doctor. She questions where she is at. He explains that she's on a supply ship, the Stockholm. They found her near crash site on the planet and brought her aboard. He tells her she suffered a concussion and internal hemorrhaging. She was lucky to found otherwise she would've died out there. The doctor initiates a call to the ship's chief.

The Chief arrives. He explains that they responded to an SOS call from the Insula. He asked if she was a crew member. She replies yes. She asks where is her crew. He explains that this is the issue: They weren't able to get any response from the ship nor were they able to enter it. It's on lock-down mode. He goes to say that that her pod was only recently discovered from small frequency beacon --originally blocked by the storm. He hopes Aloe could shed light on the situation but she can't due to her memory being fragmented which induces pain. The doctor asks the Chief not to push her and to let her rest. He obliges.

Chapter 2
Rested, Aloe is escorted by the doctor to get some food. They head to diner area where the rest of the crew is. Upon entering the room, they go quiet. The doctor offers her up a plate among the table. The air is tense and awkward. One of the crew introduces himself to break the tension -- Lenio, and does the same for everyone else. Everyone starts to make small talk until the question comes up to who she is. Aloe explains her name and position and role on the Insula but still cannot recall further details. One of the others joke that she probably killed all the other members. Lenio dismisses the crude joke. Aloe however is unsure after she has a broken memory show one of her ex-crew in pain. Lenio notices and inquires her well-being but she asks to leave.

He catches up with her and apologizes for his crew insensitivity. She, however, states she doesn't know what she might've done, and it could be possible. He pulls her to the side and tells to not mention that if it is the case. Lenio gets a call on his relayer to escort Aloe up to the bridge. He asked if she is up to and will decline she isn't but she ensures it's fine. They go the bridge and the Chief brings up the data files on the Insula -- Class III space-miner with a crew of eight.

Image files go up and including Aloe's until they settle on one member, Faa. Aloe recalls her sister and panics. She presses that she needs to find her -- that she might be in trouble but can't recall why. She explains that she can get them on the ship with the entry code to break the lock-down. The Chief talks with his crew and they all agree to investigate the ship.