Stardate 41249.3: The Enterprise is transporting delegates of the ferocious Anticans and the allegedly distinguished reptiloid Selay, two races who are only keen on killing each other. When the ship has passed a strange cloud, an energy being comes aboard, consecutively takes over the bodies several crew members and finally remains in Picard's body. Picard, under the alien influence, resigns his command and beams into the cloud. However, his consciousness remains in the computer system and can be merged with the pattern again that is still being stored in the transporter system.

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