With a fresh and untested new crew, USS Oakland is not quite ready for action. Originally set out on a test run to break in the new seats and settle into a comfortable routine, a wrench is thrown into the plan as Underspace apertures pull the ship away and chuck her into volatile, dangerous Romulan territory. Veteran captain Oskar Maising and new, hotheaded first officer Charlotte MacColgan butt heads as Oakland struggles to survive and return to Federation space, with an opportunistic Romulan warlord on their tail…