Enterprise finds Shuttlepod One empty. It should have contained both captain Archer and commander Tucker, who were returning from visiting the trade post at the planet K'et Enol. Reed suspects they were taken hostage. T'Pol orders Enterprise to go to K'et Enol, where a government official tells them both were taken prisoner for smuggling and are on their way in a prison ship to the penal colony Canamar. Just when their release order is sent, there's a mutiny on the ship. Kuroda, a criminal, and a Nausicaan take control.