 The Enterprise puts into space station Deep Space Nine. Data meets Dr. Bashir from the station who has found an alien device he wants to test. During the test, Data is receives an electric shock and during a time that he is completely shut down, Data has what appears to be a dream. He tries to investigate what the "dream" might mean, and comes to the conclusion that the only way to discover what actually happened is to recreate the accident. Meanwhile, Worf receives the disturbing news that his father may actually have survived the massacre at Kitomer and has been held prisoner by the Romulans in a prison camp for decades. Taking a leave of absence from Starfleet, he sets finds the planet where the camp is supposed to be and begins to search for his father.