Chapter 36

Chapter 36 is the thirty-sixth chapter of the Astra Lost in Space manga. It is the tenth chapter of the Icriss arc and, in the compiled volumes, the eighth chapter of the fourth volume.

Synopsis
The students are just about finish packing their supplies for their next leg of the journey when they are approached by Paulina, who thanks them for helping take care of her during her recovery aboard their ship. She has one more request, in which she would like to see the final resting place of the rest of her crew.

As Zack pilots the Astra (ship) over to resting place, Paulina tells the others how she couldn't bear herself to visit her crew-mates' final resting place, and even considered joining them at times, but decided to enter cryostasis at the end. They approach the location, which seems very barren and seemingly devoid of any harmful species. As they walk to the location of the last known place of Paulina's crew-mates, she comments to Charce that their spacesuits look way more advanced and comfortable than her bulkier spacesuit. He explains the suits are called crust suits and are state of the art, and that technology probably advanced a lot when she was last awake.

They finally discover the space rover from her ship, which is long dead. As they examine it, Paulina discovers one of her crew-mates' dog tag, and as she grabs it, she hears a strange sound. Recognizing it, she screams at everyone to run away. Suddenly, a massive drill shaped plant erupts from underneath the ground and attempts to attack the group. Everyone except for Paulina begins running, and Kanata notices that she is staring at her fallen crew-mate's dog tag, which is dangling on top of the plant.

He tells Paulina to run, and uses a javelin from the ship to act as a pole, similar to pole vaulting, to propel himself over the plant and grab the dog tag, before taking off, much to the amazement of Paulina and the others. He then gives her the fallen crew-mate's dog tag. She offers up a final prayer to her fallen crew-mates and vows to be the living memory for them as long as she lives.