▁investigate ▁the ▁scene , ▁and ▁Re ed ▁is ▁given ▁a ▁secret ▁assignment ▁by ▁a ▁secret ive ▁agent ▁that ▁he ▁seems ▁to ▁know . ▁Commander ▁T ' Pol , ▁seeking ▁information ▁from ▁S ato , ▁conduct s ▁her ▁first ▁mind - m eld , ▁and ▁the ▁two ▁realize ▁that ▁the ▁attack ers ▁spoke ▁R ig elian . ▁They ▁discover ▁that ▁a ▁R ig elian ▁fre ighter ▁recently ▁left ▁orbit ▁and ▁head ▁off ▁in ▁purs uit . ▁ ▁On ▁Columbia , ▁T ucker ▁r uff les ▁a ▁few ▁fe athers ▁of ▁his ▁new ▁team , ▁and ▁Captain ▁Hern ande z ▁asks ▁the ▁reasons ▁behind ▁his ▁transfer . ▁Later , ▁T ' Pol , ▁in ▁her ▁qu arters , ▁begins ▁to ▁med itate ▁and ▁ment ally ▁goes ▁to ▁her ▁white ▁cloud ▁quiet ▁place ▁only ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁slightly ▁confused , ▁but ▁still ▁am used , ▁T ucker ▁show ▁up ▁there ▁and ▁start ▁arg uing ▁with ▁her . ▁ ▁The ▁moment ▁of ▁the ▁shared ▁vision ▁( des p ite ▁being ▁on ▁different ▁ships ) ▁is ▁broken ▁when ▁a ▁dis orient ed ▁T ucker ▁appears ▁to ▁come ▁out ▁of ▁a ▁moment ary ▁day d ream ▁on ▁Columbia . ▁Enter prise ▁loc ates ▁a ▁destroyed ▁R ig elian ▁ship , ▁and ▁while ▁investig ating , ▁they ▁are ▁suddenly ▁attacked ▁and ▁board ed . ▁MAC Os ▁rep el ▁the ▁attack ▁and ▁a ▁captured ▁al ien ▁is ▁taken ▁to ▁S ick bay , ▁where ▁sc ann ers ▁show ▁that ▁despite ▁his ▁human ▁appearance , ▁he ▁is ▁in ▁fact ▁K ling on