- A Klingon diplomat is freaking out at the President of the Federation, for obvious reasons.
- The President wants McCoy and Kirk to be released, but the Klingons are unrelenting. Sarek, Spock's father, agrees with the Klingon's assessment. Uh-oh.
- On Enterprise, Uhura receives a message from Starfleet to return to Earth, but she doesn't want to leave Kirk and McCoy defenseless. Valeris convinces her to ignore the request.
- Meanwhile, Azetbur calls the President to announce that she is the new chancellor.
- Azetbur promises to go to the peace conference if the Federation accepts the arrest of Kirk and McCoy. Any rescue attempt will be seen as an act of war.
- The conference can't be held on Earth, either. That'd just be stupid on Azetbur's part, right?
- The President agrees to Azetbur's terms.
- On her side, Azetbur is being prodded by advisors who want her just to attack Starfleet already. She responds, intriguingly, by saying that "war is obsolete."
- Chang, who's apparently been creeping in the corner the whole time, is one of these war mongers. Bet you didn't guess that.