The stowaways are transferred to the Space Force. They claim to be Meriankha and Nofret, inhabitants of Mars, who journeyed to Earth in their sun boat spacecraft to retrieve the bodies of their ancestors from Egypt. They claim their ancestors came to Earth thousands of years ago and posed as Egyptian Pharaohs. They explain that their sun boat was the meteor which the crew saw, and that it has malfunctioned, leading them to stowaway on the freighter as a means to return to Mars. The Space Force lands on Mars, with the freighters continuing on to the asteroid belt. The crew awake to watch the Martian sunrise and discover Meriankha and Nofret are missing. Taking a land vehicle to explore the surrounding area, Saxon spots a large, pyramid-shaped weathered rock. A lightning-like discharge blinds the crew.
