Date not given: Enterprise arrives at the site of the first extrasolar human colony with which contact was lost 70 years ago. The seemingly indigenous "Novans" are found living in caves, but they are actually humans who have forgotten about their origin over two generations after an asteroid had hit the planet and released lethal radiation. They take Reed as hostage and refuse to believe that they are actually the descendants of the colonists. Phlox treats one of them, an old woman called Nadet, against lung cancer, and she can be convinced that she is actually Bernadette, the daughter of a settler family. The Novans agree to release Reed and allow themselves to be relocated to a region of the planet that is not affected by the radiation.

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