The Taelons hold a press conference to announce that Da’an (Leni Parker) will lead a Forgiveness Delegation to the Atlantic National Alliance (ANA), apologizing for experiments in which Taelons have been genetically manipulating human embryos.

The gathering is interrupted when a Jaridian probe passes silently overhead. It emits an electrical beam that affects the implanted CVI’s of several Companion protectors, including friends of Liam Kincaid (Robert Leeshock). The protectors respond by opening fire on the Taelons. Liam and an unaffected protector colleague (Anthony Grieco) return fire and kill Walker (Darren McGuire), one of the assailants. The others flee. When Renee Palmer (Jayne Heitmeyer) meets with Hubble Urick (Frank Moore), he tells her that the shooting was not an isolated incident. At the same time, similar assaults took place in six different cities, and a total of eight Taelons were killed.

Zo’or (Anita La Selva) responded by demanding the assailants be found and turned over to him within 24 hours, or he will open fire on the Earth. Hubble asks Renee to find the so-called rogue protectors. Onboard the Mothership, Da’an examines Walker’s body and determines his CVI may have been recalibrated to induce his attack on the Taelons. With Walker dead, however, Da’an is unable to determine precisely how the CVI had been altered. Zo’or orders Liam to find the assailants and deliver them alive. He also sends Ronald Sandoval (Von Flores) after the protectors, initiating a deadly race between Liam and Sandoval.

Liam meets with Renee and J. Street (Melinda Deines) at Augur’s lair, where Street gives Liam a CVI damper, a device she has constructed that will disrupt a CVI long enough for Liam to subdue its subject. Meanwhile, Sandoval is onboard a shuttle to Earth to meet with Frank Tate (Richard Zeppieri), who has apprehended Mike Perez (Damon D’Oliviera), one of the assailants. A Jaridian probe again activates an electrical beam. Soon after, Tate and Perez are found in an abandoned slaughterhouse. Sandoval’s recalibrated CVI sends him into a rage, as he tortures Perez with a steam hose. He demands to know the whereabouts of the other rogue protectors.

After cracking Perez, Sandoval and Tate take a team of storm troopers to the warehouse where the protectors are hiding. The hunters become the hunted, however, when the protectors slip out of the darkness and hold Sandoval and his men at bay with their skrills. Liam and Renee appear, employing the CVI damper, and convince the protectors to surrender. Onboard the Mothership, Zo’or discovers that core energy is being diverted to the vessel’s main engine. He tries to remedy the situation, but can’t gain access to the ship’s computer. He immediately suspects sabotage.

Meanwhile, in another area of the ship, Sandoval is gazing out of a window when the Jaridian probe appears. It breaks into small pieces, penetrates the glass and envelops him like a suit of armor. Zo’or contacts Liam and the ANA, asking for help. In response, Liam and Renee board the Mothership. They witness Sandoval setting a course for Tau Ceti, the Jaridians’ home world.

Upon arrival at Tau Ceti, a team of Jaridian soldiers board the ship. Sandoval informs Vorjak (Kerry Dorey), the Jaridian leader, that the Taelons have entered stasis because of the low level of core energy. Vorjak revives them, intending to have them stand trial for their atrocities, and then be executed. He also tells Sandoval he will send a demolition party to Earth and destroy mankind as punishment for befriending the Taelons.

Renee and Liam desperately try to convince Vorjak to spare Earth. He refuses, and orders Sandoval to take them into custody. They flee down a corridor with Sandoval in pursuit. Liam and Renee ambush Sandoval with the CVI damper and convince him to resist the Jaridians. Suddenly, several Jaridians appear and take aim at Liam, but Sandoval blasts them. The Jaridians flee to a shuttle with Vorjak. Sandoval hurries to the bridge of the ship with Liam and Renee, escaping safely, just as Vorjak is about to open fire on them from the shuttle.

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