Captain Rigg's struggle to maintain authority and control amid systemic collapse

Captain Rigg and navigator Secker exchange tense remarks as the Empress prepares to exit warp speed, their seemingly casual conversation masking deeper discord. Rigg’s broadcast announcement initiates the critical sequence …

Captain Rigg confronts the Empress Bridge’s crumbling chain of command in the wreckage of the collision. Secker’s stoned state renders the navigator useless, leaving the ship’s systems unmonitored just as …

The Doctor arrives with Romana undercover as Galactic Insurance investigators, immediately inserting himself as an authority figure on the collision. While Captain Rigg and shipowner Dymond squabble over fault and …