The Hypernauts befriend a group of people who represent eight worlds known as the Enclave. Their ship has over 200 people on board. They are trapped, like the Hypernauts, in the Sphere of Interception. They make plans with the Hypernauts to follow a comet as it passes through the barrier of the sphere. The comet would create a hole large enough for their ships to pass through.

As they escape, the Triiade attacks. The Hypernauts are able to defeat the attacking scraggers while the other ship passes out of the sphere; however, the hole closes too quickly and the Hypernauts are forced to return to the Star Ranger.