The crew of the Tristan encounter a lost colony without electrical power. Can T'Noshi and Mycroft solve the mystery before the ship itself is caught in the same predicament? Meanwhile, Dr. Anderson discovers another Vulcan has joined Tristan's crew. Skep's yet unexplained hostility towards his mother's species threatens to boil over!
Captain Eva Privette of the U.S.S. Tristan is still trapped in an unusual situation: isolated from the ship, surrounded by an energy field, and being interrogated by an alien entity which has taken the form of her long dead brother. Meanwhile, the crew is powerless to rescue her from her predicament...
The crew of the Starship Tristan has detected an energy wave from 17 Camelopardi, a nearby M-class subgiant star. We are scheduled for a supply delivery to its third planet, Niebo, a small colony inhabited by homesteaders from Earth and Centaurus. Strangely, there has been no reply to their hails...
I.N.S. Reporter Kaira Rappaport is aboard the Starship Tristan, interviewing Captain Privette and her crew about serving aboard a “delivery ship.” Without warning, an emergency arises, and the mission is suddenly changed to search and rescue with an alien craft which is signaling for help while firing upon the Tristan!