The crew of Pioneer may never manage to get underway with their mission of exploration…

When Starfleet receives disturbing intelligence that a sample of the newly rediscovered Neo-Phage (an airborne pathogen that can reduce many beings to aggressive, primitive versions of themselves)  is being auctioned of at Valkoran Base near the temperamental Romulan border. As the only ones with experience with the new virus, the crew find themselves tasked with infiltrating the base and securing or destroying the sample. Unfortunately Pioneer cannot approach the base due to increased hostilities with the Klingon Empire and our crew must enter in disguise and without backup.