The colony thrives, then diminishes during the double full moon nights. The spaceship Newton meets the second Rama. Rama alters its course toward Earth. Humans panic and plan to detonate Rama. The expedition leaves Rama, but Richard Wakefield, Michael Ryan O Toole and Nicole des Jardins who in the meantime met intelligent aliens get stuck in Rama.
Earth sends missiles against Rama.
Rama destroys the missiles and leaves the Solar System with the three humans on board. 2201 Rama accelerates to relativistic speed. 2205 Richard leaves his family, contacts the octospiders. Death of David Brown. 2211 Death of Irina Turgenyev.