Torn between duty and ethics, Commander Holt and Dr. Voss sabotage the extraction gear, triggering a lockdown. Aegis, having learned the moon’s history, activates a dormant failsafe, sealing the ruins and erasing data. The team escapes as JUP 158 erupts into a dazzling aurora of collapsing gases. Earth later receives the crew’s warning: “Some stars are not meant to die.”