. ▁Arch er ▁then ▁disco vers ▁Re ed ' s ▁comp licity ▁in ▁evidence ▁tam per ing ▁and ▁conf ines ▁him ▁to ▁the ▁brig . ▁Arch er ▁also ▁lear ns ▁that ▁the ▁board ers ▁sab ot aged ▁the ▁ship , ▁and ▁he ▁orders ▁maximum ▁speed ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁prevent ▁the ▁war p ▁core ▁from ▁over loading . ▁The ▁ship ▁increases ▁speed ▁to ▁war p ▁ 5 . 2 , ▁the ▁fast est ▁it ▁has ▁ever ▁been . ▁ ▁Ph lo x ▁is ▁taken ▁to ▁Qu ' V at , ▁a ▁K ling on ▁col ony ▁where ▁General ▁K ' V agh ▁and ▁Doctor ▁An ta ak ▁seek ▁his ▁help ▁to ▁c ure ▁a ▁K ling on ▁pl ague . ▁To ▁Ph lo x ' s ▁horror , ▁K ' V agh ▁k ills ▁an ▁inf ected ▁K ling on ▁so ▁that ▁an ▁aut ops y ▁can ▁be ▁performed . ▁Ph lo x ▁determ ines ▁that ▁the ▁victim ' s ▁DNA ▁has ▁been ▁supp lement ed ▁with ▁that ▁of ▁a ▁gen et ically ▁augment ed ▁human . ▁Ph lo x ▁also ▁lear ns ▁from ▁An ta ak ▁that ▁they ▁experiment ed ▁with ▁augment ed ▁DNA ▁after ▁the ▁events ▁seen ▁in ▁" Border land ", ▁but ▁it ▁self - mut ated ▁and ▁escaped . ▁An ta ak ▁and ▁Ph lo x ▁are ▁told ▁that ▁they ▁have ▁five ▁days ▁to ▁c ure ▁the ▁out break ▁before ▁it ▁is ▁too ▁late . ▁An ta ak ▁suggests ▁that ▁the ▁only ▁course ▁of ▁action ▁is ▁to ▁create ▁stable ▁augment