The Starship Triton has been sent to the planet Alkarinque to make a last ditch effort to get its people to accept a treaty with the Federation, in order to protect them from Klingon occupation forces approaching their world. But the Alkarinquans don't seem to be the slightest bit concerned. If anything, they seem quite...eager...
Tensions between Hospital Ship Marie Curie and Battlecruiser Kupok are set aside in the time honored tradition of rendering assistance to another ship. Will the this happen before hostilities resume? That is a matter of trust...
Seven years ago, the U.S.S. Potemkin, NCC-1711, Captain Alex Grigory, commanding, was set upon by eleven Romulan Birds of Prey. The crew abandoned ship, but Alec Grigory was lost, presumed deceased. Now, many of his old crew have been reunited, assigned to a new U.S.S. Potemkin, NCC-4517, and dispatched with orders to meet a shuttlecraft with its pilot, a Doctor Skep Anderson, formerly of the U.S.S. Tristan, and his passenger, identity unknown.