The dogfight between the Mercifuge and the Hell's Teeth was abruptly ended when Halfnir scored a direct hit on their opponent's power plant (double 6!), rendering the large ship suddenly into a floating hung of metal. Hailing the ship, the travellers found Redthane now more accepting of his fate, although he tried to bargain for his freedom with alleged information about Admiral Darokyn. The travellers took the crew onboard and agreed to release the rest at Palindrome starpor

Mojo arrived on the Hell's Teeth, with Tex greeting him with a perfect disguise as Cote, a known crewmember. Asking to be taken to see Miria, the crew arranged an ambush by Halfnir in a stateroom. The cover was almost blown when Fred came out of one room unexpectedly and Zhil's stealth was fumbled. But a cover up by Tex managed to get him into the room, where Zhil's razor claws and a stun blast from Tex, soon had the pirate decked. Trying to lure more of the enemy crew over p