 Quark is excited
to receive a shuttle his cousin Gaila has owed him for ten
years, and decides to use it to fly Nog to Starfleet Academy on
Earth — while doing a little smuggling on the side. But, just as
the shuttle enters Earth's system, Rom is unable to take the
ship out of warp, and realizes that the spiteful Gaila designed
the ship to malfunction. Luckily, Rom figures out how to stop
the ship and make an emergency landing. However, when the three
travelers wake up after the crash, they find themselves in an
examining room — in July 1947 at Roswell, New Mexico.
Outside the room, a team of
United States military and science personnel has assembled,
including General Denning, Captain Wainwright, Professor
Carlson, Nurse Garland, two M.P.s, and a German shepherd. The
group observes the Ferengi trio, who they believe to be
Martians, then enter the room and attempt to communicate.
Unfortunately, none of the three can either understand or talk
back, since their universal translators were damaged in the
crash. Realizing, however, that these are primitive humans,
Quark smells profit. While Carlson and Garland observe the
aliens, Rom manages to convey to the nurse that he wants her
hairpin, then uses it to work on the translators. Garland then
summons the others — Quark is speaking English, and he has a
business proposition for them!
Quark explains the translator to his stunned hosts, then offers
to sell them advanced technology. However, the suspicious
General Denning demands that Quark tell him why they are really
on Earth. Quark insists they have come to do business, if not
with the Americans, then with the Russians. Later , when the
three are alone again, Quark watches with surprise when the dog
suddenly morphs into Odo, who stowed away on the shuttle to
catch Quark smuggling. Odo tells the group where their ship is
hidden, but Quark doesn't want to leave. He's sure he can
manipulate the primitive humans and become Earth's ruler, caring
nothing about how he would alter history as a result. But
Quark's thoughts of conquest are put on hold when he, Rom, and
Nog are forcefully taken to an interrogation room.
Quark is repeatedly injected with truth serum, but it doesn't
work on the Ferengi. Nog then steps in and claims they are the
first of an invasion fleet that has come to take over Earth. He
gets Captain Wainwright to untie him and uses the opportunity to
deck his captor. Carlson and Garland, not pleased with the
treatment of the aliens, step in to help them escape and return
to their ship. When General Denning tries to stop them, Odo
appears to save the day, and the group takes off. They use an
atom bomb test blast to help send the ship back to their
present, and are able to drop off Nog at Starfleet Academy after
all.
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