Jaime attempts to locate the Reach mothership. After speaking with his parents and friends Jaime enters space to locate the reach with help from the Bleed and Nadia and Hector of the "Beetle Cave". This is the first issue that the Beetle's text is actually readable, although still wavy, as well as Jaime's first time actually letting the scarab's fighting ability loose on the Reach. The scarab is forcefully removed from Jaime's spine at the end of this issue.