Commander Lytton's mercenary alliance with the Cybermen to secure his survival through betrayal of his crew, while maintaining control over his increasingly unstable resources

Commander Lytton, a former Dalek commander turned mercenary, takes a calculated risk in the junkyard. He opens a concealed steel cabinet housing a covert Cyberman upgrade device, its beeping sequence …

The Cyber Leader interrogates Lytton about his knowledge of their operations, testing his loyalty while the Cyberman warns against trusting him. Lytton redirects the interrogation by offering his crew and …