With the events of “All Good Things…” still fresh in his mind, Captain Picard is given the dubious task of aiding the entry into the Federation a species that needs a serious lesson in the value of individual lives.  Faced with a precarious situation involving the Tholians, Picard finds himself under orders and not liking it one bit.

To complicate matters, the Enterprise-D returns to spacedock for much needed maintenance where a routine sweep of the ship’s systems revives an old nemesis that leaves Riker with not only practical questions, but moral ones.

With Starfleet on one side and the Begemot on the other, the two men find their paths converge in spectacular fashion!

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