233 (iteration)

Iteration 233 (or universe 233) is after the failure of iteration 232  where the EMP gun fails to work as planned, stranding and thus killing both Josh and the unknown female. When fragments of memory of the EMP gun's failure resurface, the plan is changed to a spacecraft hijack instead.

Background
Events progress similarly to iteration 231, except when the spacecraft arrives to pick up the unknown female, Josh boards through the open side-hatch, rushing to ambush the main cockpit (hoping to jump the pilots) only to discover it is empty and thus automated. The interior of the main craft turns out to be white, very small and lacking seats (as those of a carry-capacity craft, akin to livestock transportation), where-as the computer console interfaces are black with lit coloured unknown symbols (purple, green, etc).

The spacecraft still departs as usual, however, after many attempts to push random symbols and buttons, Josh manages to override the autopilot, only to watch as the main fleet jump into some sort of hyperspace. Realising that he'd have to navigate the ship manually to it's 'home' destination, and not knowing where that is (or how to correctly engage the hyperdrive), Josh resigns himself realising that, once again, he's gotten himself and the female killed again. Watching from orbit, he observes the fiery destruction of earth below as it's crust rips apart and lava spews out.

The ending in this iteration is unknown, but it's assumed death by starvation or thirst.

Relevant Iterations
231 (the evacuation of specific genetic individuals before earth is destroyed), 232 (the EMP gun plan that preceeds this iteration), 234 (tricking the genetic scanners of the spacecraft to permit acceptable entry) and the war with the aliens.