Brink With the Federation and the Vau N'Akat on the brink of war, Gwyn proposes sending the Protostar crew – who are not Starfleet personnel and thus are less likely to escalate the situation – behind enemy lines to rescue her father and find the source of Asencia's new weaponry. Joined by Maj'el, who chooses to resign from Nova Squadron, the team learns from the younger version of Asencia – who has sided with the rebellion against her older self – that Wesley Crusher is the source of Asencia's weaponry and Gwyn has them split up to rescue both..