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.