En route to a diplomatic assembly, Liam Kincaid (Robert Leeshock) and Zo'or (Anita La Selva) are called back to the mothership by the Synod for an emergency meeting. Upon reentry from ID space, their shuttle collides with an old space booster and hurtles towards Earth, crashing in Sunlight Basin, Wyoming. Naraina Durrant (Fiona Loewi), a resident of a local commune of natural purists known as the Children of the Earth, rescues Liam from his crash bubble and assists him in the search for Zo'or. Meanwhile on the mothership, Da'an (Leni Parker) greets T'than (Michelle Nolden), the Taelon War Minister who has called the emergency meeting to propose that Da'an take Zo'or's place as the Synod leader. T'than later questions Sandoval about Zo'or's private ambitions.

Renee Palmer (Jayne Heitmeyer) discovers that Liam and Zo'or are missing and Da'an assures her that Zo'or is still alive and linked to the Commonality. Da'an instructs Sandoval (Von Flores) to broaden his search for the missing shuttle. Meanwhile, Liam tries to call for emergency assistance, but his global hisses with static. Liam and Naraina continue to look for Zo'or's crash bubble and are approached by Jason (Caleb Marshall), Kyle (Robert Seeliger) and Byron Durrant (Geza Kovacs), Naraina's father and leader of the commune. Liam is unable to stabilize the pulsating ID drive of the pod, so he detaches it and dumps it over a cliff just as it explodes. The air clears and they discover the crash bubble containing the wounded Zo'or. The group, with the exception of Liam, is in awe of Zo'or, for they have cut themselves off from the outside world and had no idea that Taelons even existed. Kyle and Naraina help Liam contain Zo'or's remaining energy and they bring him to Kyle's home at the commune.

Byron announces to his followers that he will fast and search for clear vision of the truth and decide whether to provide further assistance to Liam and Zo'or. Naraina brings some food to Liam and explains to him her father's vision of the Star Saviors. She says that her father believes that beings from the sky, the Star Saviors, will come to their commune and help its inhabitants return to present-day society. Later, Liam witnesses Byron handing Jason an energy weapon from a secret compartment in his cabin and overhears him instructing Jason to stand guard and protect the commune. Concluding that Byron is quickly drifting into madness, Liam enters the cabin after they leave and retrieves energy clips from the rifles locked in the secret compartment.

Later that night, Liam asks the residents of the commune for help and confronts Jason about the objects in the secret compartment. Meanwhile in his cabin, Byron secretly watches reports from Washington on Zo'or's supposed death on his global.

Renee, unable to ascertain any information about Liam or Zo'or on the mothership, leaves to join Augur, who has pinpointed the location of the shuttle using old NORAD maps tracking NASA debris still in orbit. Renee immediately dispatches a rescue unit. With the help of Naraina and Kyle, who realize that Byron is bordering on lunacy, Liam escapes the commune with Zo'or, while Jason secretly trails them. They return to the wreckage site and Liam and Naraina wire Zo'or to the shuttle, hoping Zo'or will provide enough energy to power the shuttle and get them to safety. Byron's group of devoted followers approaches the shuttle site with energy weapons and open fire as the shuttle takes off. Byron is about to fire the energy blast that would bring the shuttle crashing down, but Naraina shoots an arrow that pierces his gun, rendering it useless. Liam maneuvers the shuttle to safety. Later on the mothership, Da'an greets Liam with a Taelon touch of affection and questions Liam about the wisdom of rescuing his enemy Zo'or.

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