After Starro conquers the Dominator homeworld, he heads back to Maltus. Meanwhile, Vril Dox talks Amon Hakk out of killing him, though he really never could have killed Dox since his blaster was actually Captain Ciji in disguise. Wildstar returns to Dox' ship with Silica, but in order for her to override the defenses on Maltus now under Starro's control they will need to fight the Gordanians to secure a subspace transmitter. Once they have acquired it, Dox uses Silica to turn the peacekeepers on Maltus into a shield around the entire perimeter of the planet, trapping Starro and his forces.