- The La Sirena crew reach Freecloud and find Bruce Maddox in a precarious situation, so Seven of Nine, the ex-Borg they recently picked up, lends her assistance.
- The La Sirena crew begin an unpredictable and lively expedition on Freecloud to search for Bruce Maddox. When they learn Maddox has found himself in a precarious situation, a familiar face offers her assistance.
- 13 Years ago on the planet Vergessen of the Hypatia system, Seven of Nine was forced to euthanize her close friend Icheb (Casey King) after his Borg implants were ripped out by black market dealer Bjayzl. Icheb was in a lot of pain by the time Seven of Nine reached him, and Icheb begged her to put him out of his misery.
Seven is part of the Fenris Rangers, who still try to maintain law and order in the furthest outreaches of the galaxy. She does this without any support from Starfleet, but refuses to give up. Rios and Raffi realize that both Picard & Seven used to be Borg.
Jurati watches old videos of her and Maddox together. They used to be in a relationship.
Now, Seven travels with La Sirena to Freecloud, where Raffi learns that Bjayzl has Maddox captive and intends to sell him to the Romulans. Maddox suspected that the Tal Shiar was after him. Now Bjayzl is trying to broker a deal to sell Maddox to the Tal Shiar. It is not possible to outbid the Tal Shiar and Bjayzl is surrounded by top notch private security contractors.
Seven proposes to barter herself to Bjazyl in exchange for Maddox. She says she is doing this to maintain a semblance of order in Romulan society, ever since the Neutral zone collapsed. Rios beams down to the surface to act as a broker for the Tal Shiar. He is screened by Bjazyl's Beta Annari Mr Vup. The Beta Annari can smell if one if telling a lie. Rios then tells Vup that he is proposing a barter of his own, by offering a Romulan with many Borg implants, in exchange for Maddox. Rios suggests basically cutting the Tal Shiar out of the deal. Vup is agreeable as those many working Borg implants are worth a lot on the black market.
To free Maddox, Picard's crew stage a prisoner exchange with Seven as the bait. Picard pushes Vup that he needs to see Maddox alive, before he agrees to the exchange. Meanwhile, Raffi unsuccessfully tries to reconnect with her estranged son Gabriel before returning to La Sirena. Gabriel is married and has a daughter on the way. Gabriel says he will never forgive Raffi for abandoning him and his father, which she did to pursue the synthetics attack conspiracy on Mars. Raffi argues that the conspiracy is real and its bigger than what anybody realizes. But Gabriel cannot bring himself to forgive her. Raffi goes back to the ship.
When Bjayzl recognizes Seven (she calls her Annika), the latter drops the charade and reveals her true intention: to kill Bjayzl and avenge Icheb. Picard convinces Seven not to seek revenge and Rios tells Seven that if she kills Bjayzl she will effectively put a bounty on the entire crew. Bjayzl offers Maddox in exchange for her life. Maddox is safely beamed to La Sirena.
Later, Seven returns to Freecloud and kills Bjayzl without Picard's knowledge. In the La Sirena sickbay, Maddox tells Picard that he sent Soji and Dahj to the Artifact and Earth, respectively, in order to discover the true motivation behind the Starfleet synthetic ban. Maddox believes that the Federation are also involved on covering up the truth. The Artifact is in Romulan space.
Once left alone by Picard, Jurati confronts Maddox and discusses the fact that they used to secretly be in a relationship together. Jurati then murders Maddox and says that she wishes she didn't know what she now knows.
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