Working on the New York to Bangkok inter-dimensional link, a technician is killed by energy-eating creatures. Liam and Augur suspect the creatures may be from another dimension, and will drain every energy source on earth. The mothership becomes infested with the creatures, leading the Taelons to put themselves into a near-death state to protect themselves.

With Da'an's help, a handicapped scientist genius, Sparrow, heads a program where disabled persons can transfer their consciousness into a healthy body by creating a biosurrogate with Jaridian replicant programming, and then live normal lives. A reporter sneaks into the lab and his camera flash activates a biosurrogate. Sandoval arrives to find the reporter and a guard dead, and the biosurrogate gone having no consciousness of it's own. Lili finds that Zu'or has tampered with Da'an's research and have programmed the biosurrogates into killing machines. Liam learns that Sparrow has transferred his consciousness into a second biosurrogate.

While Chandler studies a stolen Taelon shuttle, two men burst in, and incinerate the lab while the shuttle escapes. Liam and Lili go the site and find evidence that the attack was an inside job, pointing to a Resistance traitor. During a gun battle at a warehouse, Lili finds Chandler, who asks her to join him and take arms against the Taelons. Lili promises nothing, and lets him escape. Liam and Lili discover that Chandler is planning an attack on the Taelon embassy in Washington.

While Doors is holding a press conference, Liam sees a man videotape the room. When Liam confronts him, the man runs from the building. Both exchange gunfire, and the man turns his weapon on himself and is vaporized. Augur discovers the man had a Taelon warrior implant. Julia gets a tip of the implant and an arms dealer named Margolis. Julia and Augur questions Margolis about the deal with the warrior implant. They find the weapons are undetectable by security. One of the warriors bursts in and vaporizes Margolis. Julia and Augur can't seem to stop the warrior and finally escape by racing off in a car. Liam suspects the Resistance is being set up, and is reluctant to put members in danger at the next public debate. Julia secretly offers her unit's protection to Doors for the debate. Liam arrives at the debate and is furious to find Julia armed. Liam discovers three warriors, disabling two of them while a third escapes. Julia and her team respond to the alert and find they have been set up.

President Thompson declares a state of emergency to crush the resistance while Liam and Auger try to prove that the resistance was not behind the assasination attempt of President Thompson.