The planet Tenara is being has been attacked several times by M’Dok Empire causing Starfleet to call in the Enterprise and another Federation starship, the Centurion. As a point of conflict, Captain Picard feels that negotiation must be the first strategy they use but Captain Sejanus of the Centurion feels that they must take a harder stance against the M’Dok. All the while, the people of Tenara who are suffering these attacks must choose the path that must be taken to attempt to end these attacks…