| abstract | - Edward Shield is back in command of the USS Enterprise-C. So far, no bombs have been placed outside his cabin door (he also found out that Lianna Young had his cabin fully repaired in his absence) and no poison has been slipped into his tea. He falls into a fitful sleep, during which he relives the memories of his father and the brutality he suffered under him. Meanwhile, Gerald Gradl is in the captain's chair at them helm. He volunteered to take over so that the captain could get his rest. With him are Yare'ma Liin, the Betazoid Shield rescued from the mirror Enterprise, as well as Alicia Rookwood, who is now a helms-controller on this Enterprise. He delivers to them all a grand speech regarding the ineptitude of the current captain, and promises that he will save them from Shield's repressive rule. All of them question what he will give them if they betray Shield: he then replays a message from Admiral Sanders, granting full pardon, amnesty and exemption from Order 865 to all who would betray either Edward Shield or Lianna Young. All swear their loyalty to this endeavor, and Liin herself begins making out with Gradl.
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