with ▁a ▁little ▁help ▁from ▁a ▁rep ent ant ▁Bo omer ) ▁successfully ▁retrieved ▁their ▁daughter . ▁ ▁Short ly ▁there after , ▁Gal act ica ▁herself ▁was ▁board ed , ▁and ▁Hel o ▁was ▁shot ▁in ▁the ▁th igh . ▁ ▁H era ▁fled ▁the ▁scene , ▁and , ▁despite ▁knowing ▁he ▁would ▁die ▁of ▁blood ▁loss ▁unless ▁Sh aron ▁attended ▁him , ▁Hel o ▁demanded ▁she ▁protect ▁their ▁daughter . ▁ ▁Hel o ▁did ▁not ▁appear ▁again ▁until ▁the ▁last ▁few ▁minutes ▁of ▁the ▁episode . ▁ ▁Though ▁he ▁used ▁a ▁walking ▁stick ▁to ▁counter ▁his ▁lim p , ▁he ▁was ▁still ▁alive , ▁still ▁mobile , ▁and ▁evidently ▁not ▁sever ely ▁dist ress ed ▁by ▁his ▁injury ; ▁instead , ▁he ▁ban tered ▁with ▁Sh aron ▁over ▁what ▁they ▁would ▁teach ▁H era ▁( and ▁who ▁should ▁get ▁to ▁teach ▁her ) ▁on ▁this ▁new ▁planet ▁called ▁Earth . ▁ ▁While ▁Karl ▁and ▁Sh aron ▁Ag athon ▁passed ▁nam eless ly ▁into ▁history , ▁H era ▁was ▁eventually ▁identified ▁by ▁Earth ▁scient ists ▁as ▁" M ito ch ond rial ▁E ve ". ▁ ▁Con cept ▁and ▁creation ▁ ▁Character ▁origin ▁Hel o ▁was ▁originally ▁conce ived ▁as ▁a ▁" red - sh irt " ▁character . ▁After ▁str and ing ▁him ▁on ▁the ▁post - n uc lear ▁attack ▁Cap rica , ▁the ▁writers ▁had ▁no ▁further ▁plans ▁for ▁the ▁character ▁and ▁intended ▁his ▁fate ▁to ▁be ▁that ▁he ▁died ▁( off - screen ) ▁in ▁the ▁radiation ▁that