Liam Kincaid (Robert Leeshock) and Renee Palmer (Jayne Heitmeyer) watch a holographic docudrama that Renee produced about her close friend, Colonel Dennis Robillard (Simon MacCorkindale), who heroically averted nuclear conflict during the SI War. The film also deals with the destructive Quantum Vortex weapon that was mysteriously launched during the war and killed 100,000 people.

Neither China nor India claimed responsibility for the weapon and no one ever found out who was responsible for it. Liam commends Renee on the film and she tells him that she's trying to persuade Robillard to join Doors International's co-ventures project with the Taelons. Sandoval (Von Flores) reaches Liam on his global and tells him that an embassy has just been bombed. Later, Doors (David Hemblen) informs Renee that there has been a security breach at the company, but he has no idea what was stolen. They decide not to tell Zo'or (Anita La Selva) about the theft because they fear that he will limit their access to Taelon technology. Liam feels that the embassy bombings may lead to another international conflict. He goes to Robillard to seek his help with the investigation, but Robillard declines. Renee tells Doors that she wants to approach Robillard about joining the Resistance, but Doors thinks it's too risky. Liam goes to see Da'an (Leni Parker) at the Taelon embassy and receives a warning on his global that the embassy is about to be destroyed. Liam and Da'an escape through a portal just as the embassy is struck by an energy projectile.

Sandoval leads the investigation on the embassy attack and Zo'or immediately blames the Resistance. Sandoval is shocked when his forensic unit discovers that the embassy was assaulted by a Quantum Vortex. Doors visits Robillard to try to convince him to join the co-ventures project, but Robillard makes it clear that he will never use Taelon technology. But as soon as Doors leaves, Robillard pulls out a Taelon device and begins to work on it. Meanwhile, Sandoval learns that traces of radiation found only in Doors/Taelon co-venture technology were found at the assaulted embassy. He brings Renee in for questioning and Doors tells Zo'or about the break-in to try to get Renee off the hook. Sandoval decides to release Renee and tells her that the favor will be returned some day.

Meanwhile, Augur (Richard Chevolleau) and Liam hack into Doors Internationals' database and discover that the theft was an inside job, designed to point suspicion at Renee. Everyone soon realizes that Robillard is the one responsible for the bombings.

Renee and Liam go to Robillard's research facility and find him working on a recreation of the Quantum Vortex. They think Robillard is the one who launched the weapon in the SI War, but Robillard informs Liam and Renee that it was actually the Taelons who were responsible for that bombing. Liam tells him that's impossible because the Taelons had not yet arrived. But Robillard insists that Taelons had secretly inhabited the Earth years prior to the war. Robillard continues by saying he intends to use the Quantum Vortex to destroy the mothership, killing every Taelon. Renee knows that the shockwave created by the mothership explosion will destroy the entire eastern seaboard of the United States. But Robillard believes that would be an acceptable loss to rid the world of Taelons. Robillard arms the weapon with 30 seconds to detonation. Liam contacts Sandoval on his global to warn him of the attack, but Sandoval doesn't have enough time to put the mothership into ID space. Liam quickly reverses the polarity of the Vortex, which will cause a tornado inside the facility when the weapon fires. Liam pulls Renee into the Vortex and the weapon detonates, instantly killing Robillard.

Later, Zo'or and Da'an discuss the repercussions of using the Vortex during the SI War. They wanted to prevent nuclear holocaust, but keep humanity in a state of war so the Taelons could come in and play saviors. Da'an now believes there must have been a better way to accomplish this and admits to Liam that the Taelons did indeed interfere in the SI War. Auger spreads the story about the Taelons firing the Vortex, but most people either believe they were doing the right thing, or they don't care one way or the other.

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