After a family heirloom is linked to the Romanoffs, Frasier and Niles giddily assume they are descended from royalty.
Forced to impersonate a Romulan Intelligence official, Counselor Troi becomes a pivotal part of an elaborate defection scheme.
In need of fuel, Enterprise visits a mining colony for deuterium supplies. The crew discovers that the colony is being controlled by Klingon marauders who are regularly pillaging the mined deuterium.
Edgar tries to thwart the terrorists by taking the vulnerable power plants offline, Jack and Audrey are ambushed, and Dina Araz tries to save Behrooz after he says they should go to the police.
As Jack follows the terrorist, President Keller is presented with a drastic alternative even as Heller and Audrey decide to foil the terrorists' plans by taking their fate into their own hands.