Coming off of a period of enforced desk-work at Starfleet Academy in the wake of her court-marshal, Commander Ezra Vreen finds herself in command of a semi-mothballed retrofit. As she struggles to build a crew she can rely on, she also finds herself in charge of an experimental holographic AI that she’s not entirely certain is field-ready. Worse, deep into their shakedown, an anomaly crops up that could threaten their maiden voyage — and Ezra’s fledgling new command.