Six months after leaving Ludus, the crew was quick to get their mapping supplies prepared on the shuttle for when they reached Merlin 5, a mountain world. Once they were in orbit, Sandbar, Ocellus and Yona disembarked on the shuttle to map out this planet.
The landing site was treacherous, due to thousands of shadows from sunlight in the mountains, but Yona managed to set the ship down in one piece. The temperature and environment were not dangerous here, so the crew was able to go in regular crew uniforms for mapping this planet. They figured that flying would be the most efficient way to carry out the mapping, so they deployed a helicopter from the shuttle and took off to begin charting the terrain.
Merlin 5 might have been covered with mountain ranges, but there were plants growing and the inhabitants, called the Merlinians, were friendly. They lived in caves cut into the mountains and were accustomed to high altitude. The crew, however, had to wear oxygen masks when meeting the inhabitants, because the air was lower in the area. They were given samples of some of the different minerals that existed on Merlin 5. One of these was a crystal that gave off its own light, meaning it could be used as a lantern in dark places. In some areas, there were waterfalls that the Merlinians would gather from in order to water their gardens.
Four weeks after arriving at the mountainous planet, the crew had finally mapped out Merlin 5 completely. They took off on their shuttle and flew back to the Alicorn so they could continue their interplanetary mission. Once they had set the coordinates for Earth, they entered stasis again and waited until they arrived.