Upon returning to medical they find it empty, and Waste destroyed. The isolated prisoners are Han Solo and Chewbacca who initially are skeptical of the situation, but allow her to immunize them, and make their way back to medical. The Purge's onboard computer informs Cody that there are also two survivors in isolation, and Cody leaves the medibay to release them and administer an antidote synthesized from her blood by the incumbent 21B medical droid 'Waste'.
When a boarding party from the Purge is sent to scavenge for parts, only half of them come back, bringing with them a contagion so lethal that within hours, almost all aboard the Purge are dead – the half-dozen survivors include two teenage brothers, Kale and Trig Longo, the ruthless captain of the guards, Jareth Sartoris, and chief medical officer, Zahara Cody, all of whom seem to possess natural immunity. Its only hope appears to lie with the Star Destroyer Vector, drifting nearby, derelict and seemingly abandoned.
The Imperial prison barge Purge breaks down in a distant, uninhabited part of space.
