2401: It quickly becomes apparent to Picard and Riker that Jack is the target of the attacking ship. Their only escape route, the shuttle “borrowed” from the Titan, is destroyed, and the Crushers’ ship is in no condition to put up a fight – or even to resist capture. After Seven cajoles him into it, Captain Shaw puts the Titan between the smaller ship and harm’s way, becaming Picard, Riker and the Crushers to safety. The safety, however, is relative and fleeting, as the Titan is now the hostile ship’s sole target. Vadic, the captain of the other ship, hails the Titan, demanding that Jack Crusher be handed over immediately, and despite a scan which reveals just how outgunned the Titan is, Captain Shaw refuses. Vadic gives him a one-hour deadline – and then, just to make sure Shaw knows she means business, uses a tractor beam to hurl Crusher’s ship directly at the Titan, doing serious damage. Outside of Federation jurisdiction and concerned for the lives of his crew, Shaw decides there’s no choice but to hand Jack over to Vadic.
Raffi reaches out to her Starfleet Intelligence handler for guidance on following leads into the recent attack against the Federation, only to be told that the investigation has been ordered closed. She returns to M’Talas Prime to continue investigating on her own, and has to arrange a meeting with a notorious Ferengi criminal through her ex-husband. But her attempt to bribe the information of of that Ferengi nearly proves fatal. Fortunately, someone has Raffi’s back – someone very handy with a Klingon sword. As time runs out for the Titan, Jack Crusher seems more than willing to turn himself over to Vadic to avoid any further bloodshed, and Picard is unable to convince Shaw to not surrender his prisoner. Riker brings Beverly Crusher to the bridge, where a single look confirms some Riker already suspected and Picard seemed unwilling to confront: Jack Crusher is Picard’s son. Picard pulls rank and assumes command, plunging the Titan and her crew into a fight they’re extremely unlikely to win.
written by Christopher Monfette & Sean Tretta
directed by Doug Aarniokoski
music by Stephen Barton / additional music by Max McGuire
Cast: Patrick Stewart (Jean-Luc Picard), Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine), Michelle Hurd (Raffi Musiker), Ed Speleers (Jack Crusher), Michael Dorn (Worf), Jonathan Frakes (Captain William Riker), Gates McFadden (Dr. Beverly Crusher), Todd Stashwick (Captain Liam Shaw), Amanda Plummer (Vadic), Aaron Stanford (Sneed), Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut (Ensign Sidney La Forge), Randy J. Goodwin (Jae Hwang), Robert G. Morgan (Fenris Ranger), Stephanie Czajkowski (Lt. T’Veen), Joseph Lee (Lt. Mura), Chad Lindberg (Ensign Foster), Jin Maley (Ensign Esmar), Tiffany Shepid (Dr. Ohk), Amy Earheart (Eleos/Titan Computer), Adam Hunter (Security Officer), Naymon Frank (Guard), Grace Lee (La Sirena Computer)
LogBook entry by Earl Green