The special featured Marina Sirtis in the role of Counselor Deanna Troi who was seen on the bridge of the USS Enterprise-D studiously viewing clips from The Original Series, Star Trek VI, and earlier Star Trek films as though they were recordings from the computer's historical archive. These events were set at a time subsequent to "Unification II" as Troi's interest in the Kirk-era Enterprise crew had been piqued by the crew's recent encounter with Spock on Romulus.