The organization that is in charge of the project hires Debrya Handsen. She is a top linguist and is hired to work on perfecting voice and language skills for androids such as the ones on the ship. The reader learns fairly early on that the mission on the ship is actually a fake. The ship never left the earth. The children were born and raised just like they thought. The only difference is that the ship is contained in a special area of the secret government installation that the team of scientists works in. Reading this plot element reminded me of a movie from way back. The movie was Capricorn One and starred Sam Waterston of Law & Order fame. The film was about a faked space mission to Mars. The book moves forward with the two separate story lines. We get to see how the teens end up pairing off as couples after they find out that they aren't really siblings. The reader also discovers, along with Ronyo, just how deep the treachery was in how he was born and raised.