- While assigned to investigate missing outposts in the Neutral Zone, the Enterprise revives three cryogenically frozen people found aboard a wayward derelict Earth vessel.
- While assigned to investigate missing outposts in the Neutral Zone, the Enterprise revives three Cryogenically frozen people found aboard a wayward derelict Earth vessel. The vessel had many pods, but only 3 were found to have people alive, the rest were empty or with broken seals (due to which bodies had decomposed). Data and Worf beam back the 3 frozen bodies aboard, as Picard orders to take Enterprise into the Neutral zone, as per his orders.
Picard briefs his command crew that Romulans are suspected of attacking Federation outposts along the neutral zone. 2 outposts and 1 star base near the neutral zone have been destroyed. Strategic decision is to send in a single ship to assess the situation. Starfleet believes Romulans are seeking a confrontation, wanting to test themselves in battle.
Beverly thaws the 3 people and figures out each has a terminal medical condition. She tells Picard these were perhaps Cryonics, people who froze themselves just before death, so that they could be awakened in a future time, when they can be treated. Beverly has treated them of their conditions and now they are waiting to be wakened. Cryonics was a fad in the late 20th century, but in the case of this particular group, it worked.
The trio are Clare Raymond (Gracie Harrison) (housewife, 35 years old, died of embolism), Ralph Offenhouse (Peter Mark Richman) (Financier, 55 years old, heart attack), L.Q. 'Sonny' Clemmons (Leon Rippy) (Musician, massive chemical substance abuse). Picard is annoyed at Data as Picard wants to focus on the Romulans. He asks Riker to keep the guests away from him.
Enterprise is 6 hours away from the neutral zone and there are no communications from any of the Federation outposts in this region. Picard has to assume they were all destroyed by the Romulans. Riker says Romulans have been out of touch for 53 years, and hence this is ploy by them to see how far the Federation has advanced in technology and technique. Romulans are related to Vulcans and believe in their superiority. They live in extremes, can be very violent one moment and very tender the next. The Romulans will never initiate anything and will wait for Picard to make the first move.
Ralph demands to see Picard and says he has substantial investments on Earth and needs to contact his lawyers. Picard admonishes Ralph for his materialistic ambitions and tells him to stay off the communications panels. He asks Deanna to control the sobbing Clare. Sonny wants drugs from Beverly, but she refuses Deanna helps Clare trace back the history of her family after her death.
At the edge of the Neutral Zone, the Enterprise figures that the outpost Delta 05 was not destroyed, it was scooped off the face of the planet. There are nine outposts at the edge of the neutral zone and Picard intends to inspect each one of them in a calm and orderly manner. Ralph is angry that he doesn't know what is going on, and barges in on the bridge. This is when the Romulans decloak and reveal their ship. Just prior to this, Picard disregarded all suggestions to transfer power to phasers or arm the torpedoes, as that would give away their intent. Worf is particularly against Romulans, who had attacked the Khitomer outpost, resulting in the death of his parents. Worf says Romulans are without honor and hate humans and Klingons.
Cmdr. Tebok (Marc Alaimo) & Sub Cmdr. Thei (Anthony James) oversees the Romulan ship. They say that Romulan outposts on their side of the neutral zone have also been destroyed in the same way. Picard proposes a collaboration to find out what happened. Tebok warns Picard that Romulans have been absent for 50 years and Federation has expanded, but now they are back. Picard arranges for the trio to be transferred to an Earth-bound ship USS Charleston.
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