When the Taelons spot a Jaridian war fleet heading for Earth, they begin recalling Taelons from the planet's surface to escape in the Mothership. Unaware of the Jaridian threat, Renee Palmer (Jayne Heitmeyer) is worried that the sudden withdrawal of the Taelons will create havoc on Earth, particularly since most of the planet's computer systems are linked to those of the Taelons. She notifies President Thompson (Barry Flatman) of her concern and is asked to investigate further.

At the Resistance lab, Liam Kincaid (Robert Leeshock) asks J Street (Melinda Deines) to tap into the computer systems of the Taelons, who have cut off all communications with Earth. Street does so and learns that the Taelons are powering up all of their weapons. She is able to download an image of the Jaridian fleet and informs Liam that the armada is headed straight for Earth. At that moment, they receive a mayday call from a female Resistance member onboard the Mothership. Street is able to transport the woman to the lab through the facility's portal just as the device overloads. Liam is shocked to see that the woman is Kira Dorn (Jennie Raymond), a Resistance member he had given up for dead. Kira tells him that she and her team had been ambushed by the Taelons eighteen months earlier and have been held captive on the Mothership. She asks for help rescuing her colleagues. Liam asks Street to try setting up an alternative portal system so they can transport Kira's team to safety.

Liam and the other Companion Protectors are called to a meeting onboard the Mothership, where Zo'or (Anita La Selva) informs them of the Taelons' decision to leave Earth. Angry that the Taelons are abandoning the planet, Liam meets with Da'an (Leni Parker), who shows him a video message the Taelons had intercepted six years earlier. It is a message from the Jaridians, warning Earth not to cooperate with the Taelons -- or else. Liam is furious that the message had been kept secret and is afraid of the consequences. Da'an provides hope, however, when he gives Liam a video disk of the message that contains proof it was never received by Earth, which may convince the Jaridians to have mercy on the human population.

Street arranges to use the Washington Portal Facility to bring Kira's team back to Earth. Liam, Renee and Kira watch as Street successfully transports several Resistance members home. But Liam's suspicions are aroused when he recognizes one of them as a man whose funeral he attended several months earlier. It turns out that the man is actually a Jaridian in disguise. As Liam approaches, the imposter draws a gun but is shot by Kira. During the skirmish, five other "Resistance" members disappear. Liam and Renee conclude that they must be part of a Jaridian scouting unit and initiate a search, hoping to use them to negotiate a truce with the invading Jaridians. Kira expresses doubt, however, that the Jaridians will bargain for the sake of five scouts. Instead, she provides Liam with stolen plans for the Taelons' most powerful particle beam cannon. Liam gives the plans to one of the remaining Resistance members, Karl Hansen (Jack Nicholsen), who begins to construct the weapon.

The following night, Liam and Kira search the area around the portal facility, where one of the Jaridian imposters had been spotted. Kira tries to seduce Liam, who suddenly realizes Kira is also a Jaridian! He reaches for his weapon but she grabs it from him and takes him prisoner. Liam gives Kira the video disk provided by Da'an, but the Jaridian tells him it is of no use. Earth must pay for cooperating with the Taelons. Kira is about to shoot Liam when Renee suddenly appears, shooting Kira's weapon from her hand. Kira flees into the night.

On the Mothership, Ronald Sandoval (Von Flores) watches a monitor as the Jaridian fleet begins its final approach to Earth. Noticing that the fleet is having no gravitational effect on nearby comets, he reaches a stunning conclusion. The fleet is not real, it is an illusion!

Liam and Renee contact Street, asking her to have Hubble Urick send a combat unit to the portal facility. Liam goes ahead to the facility, where he finds the Jaridian Kira disguised as Karl. She tells him the cannon will destroy Earth's atmosphere, allowing the sun to incinerate the planet. She activates the weapon just as a Taelon battle cruiser appears above the building. As she sends a team of Jaridian imposters outside to fire at the cruiser, Liam attacks. Outside, Renee and the combat unit open fire on Kira's Jaridian colleagues, who realize too late that the "cruiser" is a projection.

Meanwhile, Liam overpowers Kira, pushing the Jaridian into the cannon's induction coil, overloading the cannon and killing Kira in a shower of sparks.

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