3. The Broken Bough

Complete story — includes the ending

Nolan and Irisa take a patrol outside Defiance to determine the size of Rahm Tak's force, and they run into Pilar and Luke on their way. Pilar attempts to trick them, but Nolan works out who she is, with Rafe's boots and a half-Castithan baby. When Nolan finds out that Rahm Tak has missiles capable of breaching the stasis net, he begins to take action to destroy them. These plans are disrupted when Pilar escapes from Nolan's bonds, and ends up being shot. Still, Nolan and Irisa manage to destroy the weapon that would have broken through the stasis net. Irisa has the chance to kill Rahm Tak, but knocks him out instead; Nolan is furious that she let this very dangerous man escape to continue his war on Defiance. In Defiance, Datak and Stahma receive orders from Rahm Tak to carry out his plans, while Stahma begins to become "friendly" with the Omec T'evgin.