Stardate 41386.4: The Enterprise is in pursuit of a Ferengi vessel, a race that Starfleet has not yet been officially in contact with. The two ships enter the orbit of an unexplored planet when the Enterprise is disabled, apparently because the Ferengi are draining all energy from the engines. In reality, however, both ships are caught in a power-draining field emanating from the planet, which turns out to be an outpost of the long-dead Tkon Empire. The Ferengi agree to a common away mission, but they ambush and disable Riker's away team. "Portal 63", the automated guard of the planet, acknowledges that the goals of the Federation are peaceful and, on Riker's request, releases the Ferengi ship too.

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