Continuing the adventures of the USS "Stargazer" . . .
Thirty years before the days of 'Star Trek: The Next Generation', Captain Jean-Luc Picard was thrust unexpectedly into command of another proud vessel: the USS "Stargazer". Surrounded by a crew he doesn't entirely know or trust, the young Picard must answer the challenges of leadership . . .
While Picard and his senior staff accompany Chief Engineer Simenon to his homeworld of Gnala to undergo a ritual, his second officer, Victoria Wu, is left in command of the Stargazer. Responding to a distress call from a nearby star system, Wu finds herself in the middle of a mystery involving a damaged ship and a peculiar interstellar phenomenon - one that threatens to destroy the Stargazer if she can't learn its secret.
Meanwhile, on Gnala, Picard must help his friend undergo the ritual - and find out who is trying to sabotage their chances of completing it before they're all killed!
