A mishap with the communication stones leaves Young temporarily on an alien ship. And the aliens then find the Destiny, or possibly were looking for her.
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- Aliens Speaking English: Or at least sending messages in it. To be fair, they been probing Rush's mind for information and probably got the language from him.
- Crazy-Prepared: It turns out Rush pocketed one of the communication stones, which allows Young to infiltrate the alien ship via a Grand Theft Me.
- The End... Or Is It?: After his rescue from the alien ship, Rush and Young appear to bury the hatchet and agree to a reluctant truce. But then the next scene shows Rush meeting with Wray to discuss a mutiny.
- Grand Theft Me: Young exploits the communication stones to look around the alien ship
- Humans Are Warriors: Rush, who loses every fight he gets into with another human, strangles a blue alien to death.
- Locking MacGyver in the Store Cupboard: Or in this case, leaving one of Earth's foremost experts on alien technology stranded next to an alien ship. Rush was able to power it up and send out a distress call, resulting in his capture by the aliens.
- Lost Wedding Ring: The blue aliens take Rush's watch and both his rings, one of which is his wedding ring. He never gets them back.
- Mind Rape: The blue aliens' technology allows them to do this to Rush and Chloe. But it can also be used against them.
- People Jars: The blue aliens keep their prisoners in water tanks.
- Starfish Alien: The blue aliens language is incomprehensible, and the only word they transmitted to the Destiny is "Surrender".
- Starfish Language: The blue aliens again. They may be primarily telepathic, given they had mind-reading technology.
- Too Dumb to Live: Chloe of course, who decides that the best course of action when hostile aliens are cutting holes in your ship is to stare blankly up the hole that was just cut.
