When Lydia, the alien's security chief, is blamed for the escape of three key human prisoners, she seeks her revenge with a diabolical scheme to snare Diana's power and trap resistance heroes Mike Donovan and Ham Tyler

Captain Picard and the captain of Teniran ship find themselves on planet Domarus IV, while negotiating for the captured U.S.S. Enterprise shuttle. There they realize that they are not alone as they confront an alien force with the power of transforming or destroying the world.

On a routine mission to survey Domarus IV -- a class M world with no intelligent life -- a U.S.S. Enterprise™ shuttle crewed by Data, Troi and Wesley Crusher is captured by a race called the Tenirans who claim the world for themselves. As Captain Picard tries to negotiate with the captain of the Teniran ship, the shuttle suddenly disappears in a blaze of color and light.Picard demands to know what's happened to the shuttle and its crew, but the Tenarins deny any part in their disappearance. Suddenly, Captain Picard vanishes from the bridge and finds himself alone on the planet's surface with the Tenarin captain. As the two captains begin to work together, they realize that they are not alone on Domarus IV as they confront an incredible alien force with the power to transform a world -- or to destroy it.

They came from their dying world - in peace, they said - with a great gift of knowledge. But soon their dark secret purpose emerged as millions died. Now their tyranny engulfed the planet. With New York - communications centre of the world - in their alien hands, their hold seemed secure. But even as the grip tightens, resistance grows. And as long as one human soul fights back, hope remains alive.

Captain Picard is hesitant about turning the famine relief to the corrupt government of planet Thiopa, who is hungry of power and not protecting its citizens. Picard tries to convince and change their ways before its too late.