"Famously, just before Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) screams "KHAAANN!" in The Wrath of Khan, the titular wrathful character recounts his basic reason for his hatred of Kirk. Khan rasps that Kirk and the Enterprise left him and the other criminals from the S.S. Botany Bay "marooned for all eternity in the center of a dead planet...buried alive!" But was there ever a chance of rescue? Was there ever another way off of Ceti Alpha V?"
"While the arrival of the Elboreans coincided with the explosion of Ceti Alpha VI, Episode 6 introduces a new plot detail that seems almost apocryphal: At the end of the episode, Khan (Naveen Andrews) and Marla learn that the Elboreans are planning on building an escape craft from the remains of their crashed starship. And the people they intend to put on the escape ship are... the humans."
Khan and his Augment followers attempted to tame the wild world of Ceti Alpha V and discovered the lethal Ceti eels. Marla McGivers gained the trust of the exiles and became central to their survival efforts. The arrival of telepathic and telekinetic Elboreans coincided with the explosion of neighboring Ceti Alpha VI. Episode 6 reveals that the Elboreans plan to build an escape craft from their crashed starship and intend to place the humans aboard. The cliffhanger suggests a possible evacuation while also creating doubt because Khan and his followers remained on Ceti Alpha V by The Wrath of Khan.
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