 However, Matt is forced to descend when the rest of the crew members are stricken with altitude sickness.Upon returning to Paris, Matt meets with Kate de Vries, his friend and object of affection, to discuss the "Hyperion"'s billionaire owner Theodore Grunel.Kate announces that she plans to find "Grunel's treasure" using co-ordinates that Matt remembers in a special ship called a Skybreaker that will allow them to reach high altitudes safely.