With Mindy Yano en route to a world where she can have the Corporation's implant removed from her brain, the Star Hunters and their allies return to Earth to take on the might of the Corporation, but fly into a trap. 'Mac' McGavin is killed while attempting to land on Earth in a commandeered Interceptor ship in order to be reunited with his family, and when an enraged Donovan Flint attacks his friend's killers, he too is shot down, crash landing on the planet's surface. He is last seen seeking a way to get back into space before the virus in his system causes his genes to begin mutating. The fate of the remaining Star Hunters is left unresolved.