While on a survey mission, the U.S.S. Enterprise discovers acomet is going to strike an inhabited planet. They try tore-route the comet, only to find that an ancient alien relicburied on the comet's icy surface is somehow stopping them. Asthe away team try to unlock the relic's secrets, Pike andNumber One deal with a group of zealots who want to prevent theU.S.S. Enterprise from interfering.
