 Why do Lloyd and Jones shoot at the narrator?
A you-are-there type of report? Jones (that's the co-pilot; I didn't quite catch his first name) is scarlet-faced, barrel-chested and gives the general appearance of belonging under the spreading chestnut tree, not in a metal bullet flinging itself out into airless space. The navigator's name is Lloyd Streeter, but I haven't seen his face yet. Jones (I still haven't learned his first name) has been up with the pilot all day. I still don't know Jones' first name, though Pat spoke to him, and it sounded like Flants. He says it may prove to be environmentally accurate, but that I should stick to prose. October 5, 1960 Learned Jones' first name.
 There was an alien lifeform following the narrator.
 After almost 9 months trapped on the ship together, the entire crew wanted to kill the narrator.  Lloyd and Jones were hallucinating and thought the narrator was an enemy combatant.  Lloyd and Jones were trying to scare the narrator.  There was an alien lifeform following the narrator.