Alright. [ she scoots her chair closer so that her knees are now bumping his, so she can lower her voice and speak at a level only the two of them can hear. ] Ceti Alpha VI was lost during that fifteen year period, leading a small survey team to mistake Ceti Alpha V for it. They realized their mistake a moment too late, and were captured by Khan and the other Botany Bay augments. He used some sort of mind controlling eel found on the planet to force the men to follow his commands, using them to gain access to the USS Reliant. One of those men, I'm sorry to say, was Commander Chekov.