Decision (Episode 101)

The American Companion, Da'an (Leni Parker), was due to arrive in a Midwestern city on an official visit where Police Captain William Boone (Kevin Kilner) was prevented by the Companions from implementing all the security arrangements he requested. The alien leader arrived in a Taelon shuttle from Washington, chauffeured by Marine pilot Captain Lili Marquette (Lisa Howard). Da'an had a special announcement to make about a new venture with one of the Earth's biggest industrialists, the eccentric billionaire Jonathan Doors (David Hemblen). The Taelon front man, FBI Agent Ronald Sandoval (Von Flores), discounted Boone's apprehensions about controlling the huge crowd and securing neighboring buildings so when Da'an arrived, Boone enlisted the help of his second in command, Lieutenant Bob Morovsky (John Evans). Despite their precautions, a shot was fired from a nearby building and Doors took the bullet meant for Da'an. Agent Sandoval used his skrill (an alien life form bioengineered by the Taelons for use as a weapon), to dissolve the building wall, revealing a lone gunman. Boone took off in hot pursuit, only to come face to face with his old war buddy, Eddie Jordan (Paul Boretski). Stunned, Boone was unable to stop Jordan's escape. The Taelons declared Boone a hero, but Boone was more interested in finding out why his best friend turned into a murderer. Boone's conflict with Sandoval continued, even as the FBI agent extended an offer from Da'an to make him their Commander of Security and Interspecies Relations. Boone declined -- his priorities were to catch Jordan and to start a family with his beloved wife Kate (Lisa Ryder).

Jordan, it turned out, was part of an underground resistance, which became evident when he secretly met with Lili, who was also part of the group. Boone began making connections between the shooting and an organized movement against the Taelons, but suddenly his world came apart. A car bomb ended Kate's life in a horrible explosion. Devastated by his wife's death, Boone threw himself into the investigation. Thinking it might help the case, Boone entertained Da'an's job offer. But before he accepted, Lili took him to the Flat Planet Cafe, where he met his fugitive friend Jordan and was presented with a second surprise. Jonathan Doors faked his own death, thus clearing the way to become leader of the Resistance. Convincing Boone that Kate's murder was arranged by the Taelons, the Resistance devised a way for Boone to infiltrate the Companions. Dr. Julianne Belman (Majel Barrett Roddenberry), secretly a Resistance sympathizer, successfully implanted Boone with a re-engineered Cyber-Viral Implant (CVI). A CVI is part germ, part computer and is implanted by the Companions into the brains of their most trusted operatives. It greatly increases mental capabilities, but also alters the recipients' motivations so that their sole focus is the well-being of the Companions. Boone's re-engineered CVI gave him the enhanced mental powers without altering his motivations. Before Boone started his new job, Eddie Jordan turned up dead. Did Sandoval kill him or was it Doors, or even the beautiful Lili Marquette? Boone doesn't know who to trust. Was one of them involved in the death of his best friend and his wife? So Boone began his search for the truth.