Simplicity (STA)
Admiral Banna Stoker arrives on the U.S.S. Lexington via a shuttle, ordering the Lexington to investigate one of the sites highlighted on the Tilikaal map they found on Bacchus IV. This place, unbeknownst to Stoker and the crew, does not have Tilikaal technology in the same manner they have experienced: it was marked on the map as a place to avoid.
On the planet, the crew finds a pre-industrial race of human-like beings. Nothing electrical works on the planet, forcing the crew to investigate and survive on their wits alone, dealing with strange occurrences on the planet and searching for the reason behind the failing electronics.
Back in orbit, an Archer-class ship, the U.S.S. Walcott, arrives and hails the Lexington. It was previously carrying Admiral Stoker and another woman from Earth. They dropped them off with another ship and left. Not long after, the second ship reported that Stoker disabled the ship’s warp drive and left the ship via a shuttle without explanation. Stoker orders the Lexington to disable the Walcott and beam aboard one of the people there.
Back on the planet, the crew can follow clues to get to the cause of the strange happenings: an ancient recording device has been buried deep within the planet. A substance in the planet’s crust is interacting with the energy exuded by the recording device to cause problems. By disabling the Tilikaal recording device, the interference ends.
When everyone is safely back aboard the Lexington, Admiral Stoker orders the crew to leave the Walcott and set course for a new location. The person they beamed over from the Walcott is a conduit for an extradimensional force. Stoker wants the Lexington to follow her commands as they figure out what this force wants. If the crew refuses her command, Starfleet orders them to take her into custody but investigate the location where she wants them to go.
