When cryopods containing dead planetary explorers are brought to the Nelson Mandela Medical Space Station to be examined, they are taken to the Quarantine Level as per protocol. It falls to Dr. Hiro Al-Fadi and Dr. Grace Lord to examine the first explorer's body and they unwittingly release a powerful alien entity that takes possession of a Planetary Exploration Bureau Inquisitor, Kylara Roque. The possessed woman begins to tear the Nelson Mandela apart, piece by piece, and Bud resists her every step of the way, reluctant to harm the alien-possessed human . . . until he falls in the battle. The alien continues to grow in strength and there appears to be nothing that can stop it. The crew of the Nelson Mandela decide to evacuate and destroy the station rather than allow this destructive alien to leave and create havoc in the galaxy. Can Dr. Grace Lord save the day?