Guyen rouses Holsten from his work and wordlessly escorts him to a shuttle, insisting on a visit to the orbital station. They pass through populated, restored ring sections into riskier areas under repair, where Guyen orders Holsten into an environment suit and refuses Lain’s offer to accompany them, signaling secrecy and urgency.

As they cross into a non-breathable, partly powered ring, Lain contacts Holsten via suit radio, warns him not to activate anything, and opens a private channel. Guyen leads confidently to a chamber centered on a coffin-like device integrated into the wall, in a section thought to be command-and-control or terraforming-related. Holsten reviews earlier survey data and his own translations, which had been technical and fragmentary.

Guyen demands a definitive identification, citing insecure comms and seeking a private conclusion. Ignoring Lain’s caution, he powers up the device; panels flare with error messages about missing system links, likely due to the station’s gutted main computer. Lain hijacks Holsten’s suit camera and feeds him a fifteen-step routine to strip the errors and surface core functions.

The display resolves to a stark label: “Emergency upload facility.” Holsten confronts the ambiguity of what would be uploaded, while Guyen’s visible triumph betrays that this is the capability he has been seeking. The discovery, achieved under Guyen’s secrecy and over Lain’s concern, foreshadows a struggle over how—and for whom—the station’s most dangerous technology will be used.