Back on the ship, the captain tells the lieutenant that he's been stripped of his authority as a ship's master and that he can't even get into the core tower, where the ship is supposed to be. The captain asks the lieutenant what's going on, and the lieutenant tells him that they're going to purge the city, which means that the ship has to go back to the core, where it's supposed to wait for the ship to come back. He also tells the captain that he doesn't know how to fix the problem, but he promises to follow him.