The Vishal Expedition is slaughtered

Life, Failure / Mishap

The Cube strikes back against the Vishal Expedition, leaving only one survivor.

Learning of the time differential, Vishal left instructions with his lieutenant: he would go back inside, planning to emerge every half-hour inside (two weeks outside).

The first re-emergence went as planned, but someone happened on the next foray. A large bell-shaped object on the ship began ringing, and slew everyone in the camp except Arushnee! Traumatized, she waited two more weeks among the corpses for her father to come out; when he didn't emerge, her hunger drove her to stagger to the west (she knew they found the ship by walking toward the setting sun).

After more than two additional weeks, Arushnee was found collapsed on the plains of the Rallata by a hunting party who revived her, fed her, and took her to the village of Eraan. Eventually, her identity was learned and she was taken back to Hapax.