Eirak's blind obedience to Terminus's sterilization and resource extraction policies despite escalating human cost, representing institutional callousness.

Trapped in the narrow confines beneath the space liner’s floor plates, Turlough and Tegan press on despite the oppressive gloom and cloying machinery noise. Tegan’s sudden halt points to an …

Valgard and Sigurd exchange guarded words about Eirak’s disregard for personnel and the controlling hold he maintains on the Hydromel supply. When Nyssa is brought in, Valgard treats her with …