Upon entering the pod, Charlie places the eggs inside as instructed by Ug in a reshot scene, which is almost the exact same as the ending to the third film. There are a few notable errors, including the replacement of a male voice giving a violation warning instead of a female.
Charlie is somehow also locked inside and sent into space, where he remains in hibernation until a salvage ship finds the pod in the year 2045.
The crew (which includes Captain Rick, Fran, Bernie, Al Bert and young Ethan) reluctantly report the discovery to the Terracorp Council, upon discovering their old logo on the side of the pod. They then go to an abandoned Terracorp station to await the arrival of the council. The station is actually on its last legs and will blow up within a month or so. Furthermore, the station is controlled by a computer called Angela, which only takes orders if you give the opposite instructions.
A selfish Rick however decides to open the pod early, freeing Charlie but also letting loose two young Crites which kill Rick and escape, while the crew constantly bicker about where to go from there.
After a close call in a waste disposal unit, Charlie and Ethan are rescued by Bernie. Charlie learns from the others that he is no longer in 1992, and that everybody he knew on earth will now be dead.
Ethan found a lab coat containing a keycard. But just like Rick did earlier, Bernie strays from the group, takes the keycard with him and is then killed by two Crites inside a pharmacy room.
Following an attack from a lone Crite, Charlie carelessly uses an antique gun to kill it, but ends up deactivating the ship with only one bullet remaining. From then on, the crew are sitting ducks. Ethan then dashes off to search for the remaining Crite, shouting at Al Bert].
Terracorp arrives shortly there after, but they are not there to negotiate payment. They simply want the Crite eggs returned to them. Ug (now evil) kills an uncooperative Al Bert, and threatens to kill Fran next unless the eggs are returned.
Charlie is upset, barely accepting that his old friend has now become a traitorous villain. Ug sends his guards to find the Crites, but the nuclear reactor begins a 10 minute self-destruction sequence. Ethan lures the guards into a room full of genetically altered Crites, which battle the guards, but also die. This takes place off camera.
After killing the last of the Crites, Ethan is threatened by Ug at gunpoint. Charlie re-appears and shoots his former friend without any hesitation when he turns his gun on Charlie.
With the last of the Crites now destroyed, Charlie, Ethan and Fran take Ug's ship and begin their delayed flight back to earth.