The explorer re-enters the story midway through Book II, left a wandering soul due to the destruction of his body.

Apollo shows his followers how to build cities and explore the depths of science and knowledge, but a lack of emotional attachment to each other allows Dionysus to lure many of them into the wild forests, where he provides love.

A conflict breaks out as the two different ways of life clash, leading to the world splintering into hemispheres, each with a deeply unhealthy society.

When the explorer reflects on what he sees, he becomes tormented in the lack of balance of the people who insist on one extreme or the other and the violence that has ensued.

The name of the spaceship Rocinante is derived from the name of the title character's horse in the novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes.

"Prologue" This starts with a dissonant electronic soundscape and spoken introduction by album producer Terry Brown.

The song fades out with a repeated chord sequence – which returns at 11:56 in Book II – along with the sound of a beating heart.

"Armageddon The Battle of Heart and Mind" The title is reference to the Biblical war, but in this case Apollo and Dionysus pull man in opposite directions, toward Order or Chaos, respectively.