When a mission to Mars is canceled, the involved crew suspects secret Talon reasons for wanting to keep humans away from the planet. Air Force Captain Paul Chandler then attempts to steal a Talon shuttle to get to the red planet.

Jonathan Doors comes out from hiding, launching a media attack against the Talons, leaving Boone to deal with the ramifications.

Boone and Lili are called in to investigate strange occurrences at a Amish community that might have a tie in to a alien arrival syndrome. Doors returns from the dead in a world wide broadcast denouncing the Talons.

Boone finds himself having a tough time concentrating on the theft of plutonium from a nuclear plant when a old flame comes to town and distracts him. He starts to question the integrity of his Talon implant.

Boone searches for James Pike, a escaped criminal who was the first person to have a Talon implant. Pike leaves strange drawings on his prison wall to further confuse the investigators. Pike seems bent on a mission to kill Da-an.

A young woman becomes a pawn in a power play between the companions and a charismatic religious leader when the Talon's use a experimental process to regenerate her hands.

Commander William Boone works to track down his wife's murderer, determined to find out if Da'an or the resistance may have been involved in her execution.

Police Captain William Boone is caught between two worlds when he is recruited by the leader of the Talons, who are also known as the 'Companions' after saving his life at a public event. Boone becomes the Commander of Security and Interspecies Relations and is then given a opportunity to join the human resistance movement.