Date not given: An Enterprise landing party picks up Smike, an Augment who was left behind because he had not developed superior abilities. In the meantime Soong and the other Augments have occupied the facility Cold Station 12 where the remaining 1800 Augment embryos are stored. The human and Denobulan scientists working there, among them Phlox's friend Dr. Lucas, are taken hostages. Archer and Phlox themselves fall into the hands of the terrorists when their attempt to free the hostages fails. When the Augments threaten to kill Dr. Phlox, Lucas reveals the access code to the containment chambers. Enterprise attempts to destroy the station but is attacked by the hijacked Klingon Bird-of-Prey. The terrorist leader, who has been favoring extreme violence against the will of his father Soong, kills Smike. They escape unscathed and take the the embryos with them. The scientists and the landing party remain on the station where deadly viruses are about to be exposed...

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