reunites with his husband and daughter, Montgomery Scott works to keep the ship operational, and Spock and Nyota Uhura have decided to take a break from their relationship. Soon, Spock receives word from New Vulcan that Ambassador Spock--Spock's alternate-universe counterpart--has died.

Enterprise is dispatched on a rescue mission after an escape pod drifts out of a nearby uncharted nebula. Its occupant, Kalara, claims that her ship is stranded on Altamid,