A Resistance cell leader named Mitchell (Richard Clarkin) met with his fighters, including a brash new recruit named Julia (Janet Kidder), in an abandoned warehouse. Suddenly, the cell came under attack by a heavily armed group. The Resistance members escaped through a trap door, but were pursued by a "volunteer" squad of specially trained Taelon implanted teenagers led by a young woman named Amanda (Liisa Repo-Martel). She cornered a wounded Mitchell in an alleyway, but Julia and another Resistance member, shadowing Mitchell, ambushed Amanda from behind.

Captain Lili Marquette (Lisa Howard), Major Liam Kincaid (Robert Leeshock) and Augur (Richard Chevolleau) were surprised when Julia and her cell showed up at Augur's lair with the unconscious Amanda in tow. They decided to take Amanda to Dr. Melissa Park (Janet-Laine Green) to have the Taelon implant removed, hoping to turn their captive's allegiance, but Dr. Park discovered that Amanda's implant didn't function like a CVI, and that her association with the Taelons was of her own free will. Dr. Park also warned the Resistance members that Amanda’s implant was killing her, because of its hyper-stimulation of her nervous system. As they tried to decide on their next step, Amanda woke up and grabbed Dr. Park, holding her hostage. Some fast-talking from Liam diffused the situation and Amanda finally agreed to cooperate.

On board the mothership, Zo’or (Anita La Selva) ordered Agent Ron Sandoval (Von Flores) to find Amanda before the missing volunteer revealed information about their secret operation. Liam and Lili tracked Amanda's mother to a seedy hotel, where the woman told them Amanda was a school dropout before she started hanging around at a Taelon Friendship Center and joined their youth program. The Resistance members sent Julia undercover, to join the Taelon Volunteer Program.

Meanwhile, Liam tried to break down Amanda's defenses, to find out more about the Volunteers. He confronted Da’an (Leni Parker) about the program, which the Taelon leader designed to help troubled kids. Da’an remained adamant that the Volunteers was a benign and benevolent program and was not the military conspiracy Liam was intimating. Liam realized someone had tampered with the implants and the program to gain very different results and suspects Zo’or may be involved.

At boot camp, the squad commander started indoctrinating the recruits in Taelon loyalty and prepared them for a massive assault. Julia warned Liam and Lili, who mobilized the Resistance for a counter attack. Liam and Amanda infiltrated the Volunteer base, monitoring Volunteers as they were sent through an elaborate portal transportation system. They discovered the recruits were being sent after an unknown enemy in another galaxy. On board the mothership, Da'an asked Sandoval why his security access to the Volunteer Program had been revoked. Meanwhile, the squad commander saw Liam and Amanda on the base and raised the alert. Liam and Amanda hid in a room filled with corpses of young volunteers, all casualties of war. They continued to the portal control room, desperately trying to sabotage the system. As troops closed in on them, they realized they had to destroy the portal from inside, risking their lives.

As Liam rushed to hold off a guard, Amanda leaped into the portal and yanked out its power conduit, trapping her in interdimensional space. Meanwhile, Julia had abandoned her volunteer unit and met up with Liam to escape through a portal together. After a heated confrontation with Zo’or, Da’an shut down the Volunteer program immediately, ending the Taelons' brutal exploitation of humanity.

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