Captain Chris Rios has a reason for being less than careful when it comes to his own life. Because he knows he has a hereditary problem. But does he know about his great-great-grandfather Darius Tanz, who was not only a world-saving hero but might have found a cure for this family disease? And what role does the first-ever AI and a Vulcan Ambassador play in this?

Darius gets a visitor with a rather dire warning, or at least the visitor thinks it's dire. Darius isn't so sure the man isn't a lunatic. A Those Darn Fanfic Writers Story