Ensign German Galven was requested per Acting Captain Evan Delano to report to him in the Briefing Room. During a brief meeting, Lt Cmdr Delano and Ensign Galven went to Engineering because security had captured a Borg drone trying to get hack into a conduit. Although, the drone was unsuccessful because of a weak connection to The Collective. Lt Cmdr Delano and Ensign Galven tried to talk with the drone, who's designated number was Three of Ten, and through Galven's modified headset, he was able to get through to her mind.
Lt Cmdr Delano had to go to the Bridge to deal with the rest of the crew in order to get back to the present. Before he went, he made sure to order Ensign Galven to disconnect the drone from The Collective. His PADD picked up that neither Three of Ten or The Collective were responding as medical officers Ensign J'vreh and Lt Cmdr Dassa Alexander came to provide medical attention to the drone once she was back to full consciousness as a human female. Ensign Galven deactivated the drone using a virus to sever the connection to the Collective's Hive Mind.
Captain Roshanara Rahman receives orders to help the colonists at Havley's Hope search for a group of missing miners. She informs all the senior officers to report to the briefing room. Due to the amount of ground to cover, there are three teams assigned. Commander Mei'konda's team would go and speak with general manager Starit Proz about the disappearances. Lieutenant Commander Lael Rosek's team would be investigating the disappearance site, and Team 3 led by Commander Evan Delano's team would be looking into the questioning of witnesses, investigating homes and so forth.
While Lt. Commander Rosek's team is investigating the last known locations of the missing miners, they get attacked by the creatures and are kidnapped. Ensign German Galven is injured by a mine collapse while saving Lt. Commander Rosek. With some group effort, German survives his wounds. Ensign Valoru attacks a guard while Rosek is away dealing with negotiations with the Queen. His efforts prove worthwhile as he manages to grab a phaser rife from the unconscious guard.
When the Queen finds out what Valoru did, she orders her guards to go get him. While he's away, Ensign Galven, Doctor Skyfire, Lt. Commander Moonsong, and Crewman Shandres figure out a way to get a signal back to the ship by using the doctor's EARS device. When Rosek and Valoru are taken back, a much needed signal boost is added by modifying the phaser rifle and it is successful.
After Lt. Commander Rosek's team is safely back on board the ship, Captain Rahman decides to make contact with Tk'Ton, a forager, and makes 2 teams. One that stays aboard the ship while her team goes to the surface and have peace talks with the newly discovered species. After some tense negotiations, she is successful and Tk'Ton goes and speaks with her own.
While on the Bridge, Mei'konda and his team search for any type of information regarding the what was taking place under the surface of the planet all the while keeping a watchful eye over Rahman's teams meeting with the species. They found a thoron field under Proz's facility that had several life forms. It was found out that Proz was keeping Orion women as services for him and his men. He was arrested for sentient trafficking among other things to be determined.
