Although Captain Ed, ship's doctor Claire, and the robot Isaac weren't particularly strong fighters, and had run into a few bumps along the way, they'd made it through without too much trouble. Compared with the awful time First Officer Kelly and Security Officer Alara had had, their experience had been far better.
At first, they'd come across a farmhouse and nearly been shot dead. But they'd eventually cleared up the misunderstanding, earned the farmer's younger son's trust, and found a local militia base belonging to a group called the "Reformers" not far from the farmhouse. There, they'd learned the basics about the ecological ship.
In short, for countless years, the people aboard the ecological ship had lived and reproduced within this closed ecosystem. They naturally assumed the world was only as large as they could see, took it for granted that the sky was round and the earth square, and were ruled and deceived by one leader after another.
But at some point, the Reformers' forerunners had begun to notice inconsistencies in all sorts of things. They started questioning the authorities and doubting what they were told.
So, long ago, they had gathered of their own accord to investigate the truth about their world and prepare to overthrow the rule of those dictatorial power-hungry schemers. It wasn't until Captain Ed and the others arrived that their suspicions gained solid evidence, strengthening their resolve to follow that path.
However...
Just as Captain Ed and ship's doctor Claire were chatting casually with the local militia's representatives, eating some awful local food, and preparing to learn more about this world and the ecological ship—including how its society had developed into its present form—so they could find a suitable way to help the ship and its people, a militia member came speeding into the