Stardate 43462.5: The Enterprise saves a Romulan scout ship that is pursued by a Warbird. The only man aboard the small vessel is the low-ranking officer Setal, who requests asylum and reveals a Romulan plan to retake the Neutral Zone from a secret base on Nelvana III. Setal, however, destroys his ship before it can be investigated and he is unwilling to provide any further proof, so he could be a spy after all, rather than a defector. It turns out that Setal is actually the notorious Admiral Jarok, who is now on a self-imposed mission of peace, because he is concerned about his family's fate in the case of a new war. Picard orders a course to Nelvana III, but instead of finding a military installation two Warbirds decloak and demand Picard's surrender. The Romulans have deceived both Jarok and the Federation. The odds seem bad, but on Worf's sign three Klingon ships appear, and the Romulans retreat. Jarok, however, commits suicide, knowing that he will never be able to return to Romulus.

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