The previously unseen energy beings are under attack by the ferengis. The Enterprise, racing against the clock to intervene, is caught in a temporal rift. Beverly crusher is badly injured but is desperately needed to override the computer's security protocols, but needs neutronium alloy to do so. Data helps by speaking to a previously unseen energy being scientist who helps Data Balancing the paraphased inducer with central subspace seal while Beverly crusher is rendered unconcious. This allows Beverly crusher to override the computer's security protocols without neutronium alloy, allowing the enterprise to help the previously unseen energy beings in time , saving the day.