Plot

Aided by crew of the U.S.S. Titan, Picard makes a discovery that will alter his life forever and puts him on a collision course with the most cunning enemy he's ever encountered.

Aided by Seven of Nine and the crew of the U.S.S. Titan, Picard makes a shocking discovery that will alter his life forever and puts him on a collision course with the most cunning enemy he's ever encountered. Meanwhile, Raffi races to track a catastrophic weapon and collides with a familiar ally.

2 weeks ago, Sarina Prime was visited by the Eleos, claiming to represent the Mariposa medical organization and provide emergency medical supplies to worlds in need. It is not registered with Starfleet, often operating outside Federation protocols, and is intercepted by the Fenris Rangers, who report Jack's appearance to the "Marked Woman". A large ship, the Shrike, destroys Picard's shuttle and shuts off any chance of escape. Picard uses transport inhibitors to stop the Shrike transporting Jack off the Eleos, but then the Shrike captures the Eleos itself with a tractor beam. Jack says that, in the last 2 weeks, they have been intercepted by Fenris Rangers, Klingons, then Starfleet officers, and have been running for months. He asks Picard to ask the Titan to intervene. The Shrike, with the Eleos, is just outside Federation space, so Shaw is reluctant to intercede, but Seven persuades him. As the situation gets desperate on the Eleos (failing power, imminent hull breaches), the Titan comes between the 2 ships and the tractor beam is broken. Picard destroys the transport inhibitors: Beverly is transported to the Titan's medical bay while Picard, Riker, and Jack are brought to the bridge. The Shrike's captain, Vadic, a bounty hunter, reveals that Jack is a criminal with a bounty on his head. She knows the official profiles of Titan's officers. The Shrike is heavily armed and can destroy the Titan. Vadic gives one hour to hand Jack Crusher over. She uses tractor beams to 'throw' Eleos at the Titan, to demonstrate the Shrike's power. The ship tears through Titan's shields and shears the hull. Shaw finds that Vadic's claims about Jack are true. He has Jack arrested, to turn him over and save the crew, despite Picard and Riker's protests, and removes Seven from post, for insubordination. Jack tells Picard that he is only trying to carrying on humanitarian work by supplying medicines all over the Galaxy, where needed. He escapes and attempts to transport himself to the Shrike, in an effort to save his mother, but is stopped by Seven. Riker helps revive Beverly and brings her to the bridge. Picard sees her, realizes that Jack is his son and tells Shaw. Knowing that Picard will not hand over his son, Shaw orders the Titan into a nearby nebula. A delighted Vadic gives chase. The media blame the attack on Starfleet on an obscure Romulan operative, T'Luco. He didn't have the resources to steal world-ending technology and then bizarrely uses it to destroy a Starfleet recruiting center. He supposedly purchased the device on the black market. Raffi's handler orders her to stop investigating the attack, but she meets the Ferengi criminal Sneed in hope of finding those responsible. Sneed claimed that he brokered the sale of the device but Raffi knows he is covering for those really responsible. Raffi tells him that she works for T'Luco and wants to know who the real attacker was. Sneed knows Raffi is lying as he had already killed T'Luco. Sneed almost kills her but is killed himself by Raffi's handler, Worf.