However, several mysteries surround him-he is very elusive about his background, speaking only vaguely about being pursued by 'enemies,' he objects to having medical scans taken of him his charm enables him to be escorted to the bridge by Sheba when he appears nearby instruments go off-line, and Adama is naturally surprised that a total stranger was given unobstructed access to so sensitive an area. Iblis is taken back to the Galactica and immediately proves to be charismatic and likeable, and quickly becomes very popular among the crew.
Due to high radiation levels around the crashed ship, the Galactica crew is unable to explore it further. They then encounter a man named Count Iblis, who warns them away from the wreckage of the huge starship which had crashed on the planet some time before. Starbuck, Sheba, and Captain Apollo lands on an unexplored planet in search of the missing pilots, they find a gigantic crater in which is the wreckage of some kind of ship. When a follow-up patrol from the Galactica consisting of Lts. Jolly suddenly disappears the telemetry the Galactica receives indicates some kind of explosion.