The USS Pennsylvania has left Starbase 11 and traveled through the Graviton Catapult and arrived at the Delta Quadrant. The ship received a distress call from a Hirogen ship. An away team was sent aboard to assist, but the Hirogens attacked and killed the Chief of Security. Two prisoners were rescued during the encounter.

Six month after the assassination of a Romulan captain and the framing of the great Captain David Hawkins, the crew have all split and went new directions. But when things seem to be getting better, things take a turn for the worse when the ghosts start to emerge once again.

The crew of the USS Lantau stop over at the planet Dalacar, the homeworld of one of their crew for a much needed rest period.