The main character is then captured by Hootingham-Gore's forces and taken to the Gortress, a Gittish Empire prison watched over by Triumgorate member Goreham-Hogg. Using the Gittish Seal, the main character is able to bypass the Gortress' force fields and helps Sterling, the prison's foreman, to lead a rebellion against Goreham-Hogg. The two defeat Goreham-Hogg and use his key to free the prisoners of the Gortress' solitary confinement, who are actually some of the missing Celestrians that were sent to recover the fyggs. Before anyone can leave the Gortress, however, Barbarus attacks, but Stella arrives with the Starflight Express and drives him away. Sterling reveals that he is the captain of the Starflight and the three return the captured Celestrians back to the Observatory.