Skeleton Crew

Somewhere in outer space, Captain Silvo leads a raid on a ship. When no currency is found in the vault, his crew member Brutus incites a mutiny. On the fairly modern planet of At Attin, Wim and his Myykian friend Neel prepare to take aptitude exams to determine their future. Wim implies that he wishes he were a Jedi, despite Neel's retort that that would be impossible.

The kids meet the ship's pilot, an aging droid named SM-33 who does not realize that his captain is long gone. Fern convinces him that she is his new captain, and he takes them to a nearby outpost, as At Attin is not on any map.

On At Attin, Wendle, Fern's mother Fara, Neel's mother Nooma, and KB's parents Maree and Garree are told that because the kids have left the planet, it is beyond the Supervisor's jurisdiction, and he will not rescue them.

The crew use Kh'ymm's coordinates to arrive at, what they believe to be, At Attin. The planet turns out to resemble a war-torn version of it, and later they learn that they are actually on At Achrann, one of the sister planets.

On At Attin, the parents desperately try to send a message beyond the barrier, but this attempt is foiled by the Supervisor's droid. After ordering the droid to delete what it learned from its memory, Fara admits to Wendle that they have to go behind the Supervisor's back.

od and SM-33 are captured by the pirates and Pokkit. The pirates take Jod and SM-33 back to Brutus for execution. Meanwhile, the children drop out of Rennod's lair into the bottom of the resort.

The parents send a transmitter into outer space but are discovered by the security droids. The pirates arrive at At Attin at the same time as the Onyx Cinder, resulting in the latter's capture.

Jod continues to pose as the Republic Emissary. He orders Wim, Neel and KB to be confined to their quarters while he takes Fern and Fara to meet the Supervisor, who is revealed to be a massive droid.