After an Arkfall crash, Pottinger recruits Nolan to lead their salvage mission but his secret agenda puts them in grave danger against an alien race they've never encountered before. Meanwhile Stahma, rebuked by church elders for her growing sense of female empowerment, makes a shocking power play, while Irisa begins confiding her dark secrets to Tommy.—Anonymous
Viceroy Berto Mercado has returned to Defiance with news that an object in orbit is coming down near the city and orders Pottinger to use Nolan to recover the object. It's would provide an endless source of clean energy. When they arrive at the site, Nolan realizes it's not a clean source of energy they are seeking but containment cylinders of robot-like super soldiers. Stahma meanwhile faces a challenge from a local religious leader who is none too pleased by the dominant role she seems to be playing over that of her husband. She believes Datak is behind the sudden interest in her affairs though he denies it. Irisa is caught in the act by Tommy and she tells him what's happened to her.—garykmcd