Newly posted to Deep Space 2, Admiral Viran must unmask an Orion Syndicate smuggling ring operating under the cover of the station’s bustling Promenade, with intelligence pointing to Ferengi merchant Kalva and a cache of salvaged Borg components. Using a deliberate bluff to flush the contraband, Viran coordinates hidden assets, including runabouts and the covert USS James Hutton, to intercept a departing Ferengi cruiser, seize the illicit cargo, and expose the Syndicate cell before the technology can be trafficked off-station.