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While observing the peaceful Ba ' ku people on their planet, Lieutenant Commander Data ( on secondment to the duck blind mission there ) appears to malfunction, revealing the hidden presence of the joint Federation and Son ' a task force to the Ba ' ku.

Admiral Matthew Dougherty requests the help of the starship USS Enterprise-E to help capture or disable Data.

Admiral Dougherty's allies, the Son ' a, are a decrepit race using various medical techniques to cheat death, repeated face lift surgeries giving them a mummified appearance.

After stopping Data, USS Enterprise captain Jean-Luc Picard becomes suspicious of Dougherty's insistence that the Enterprise is no longer needed, and his crew investigates the cause for Data's malfunction.

They discover that the Ba ' ku are technologically advanced but have opted to live in harmony with nature.

Due to unique radiation or " metaphasic particles " in their world's rings, they are essentially immortal.

The Enterprise crew also begins to experience the rejuvenation effects of the planet ; La Forge finds his eyes have regenerated, and he no longer requires implants, William Riker and Deanna Troi rekindle their long-abandoned relationship, and Picard develops a romantic relationship with the Ba ' ku woman Anij.