When a group of children scavengers known as the Flies obtain some toxic canisters, Ark II must recover and dispose of them.

When an old time capsule containing a cryogenically frozen man is opened, the man awakens determined to rebuild his financial empire.

The Ark II crew encounters a settlement which exiles it's sick and elderly as useless because they are deemed unable to contribute.

During a drought, Fagin and his band of scavengers called the Flies, return and capture the Ark looking for a 20th century device they believe can make it rain.