 Sisko encounters
Michael Eddington, his former Starfleet Security Chief, who
betrayed him and joined the Maquis.
Obsessed with capturing the
traitor, Sisko pursues him in the Defiant. But when Sisko gives
the order to fire, the Defiant experiences a massive computer
failure — caused by Eddington. He leaves Sisko angry and
humiliated, and facing a long trip home.
The Defiant is towed back to Deep Space Nine, and O'Brien begins
the massive job of bringing the ship back on-line. Adding insult
to injury, Sisko learns that Captain Sanders of the Malinche has
been assigned to apprehend Eddington since Starfleet feels Sisko
hasn't himself been able to do the job in the past eight months.
But when he learns that Eddington attacked Cardassian colonies
in the DMZ with a biogenic weapon, Sisko sees his chance.
Despite the fact that the Defiant is not ready, he prepares to
take his ship back into space.
The ship lurches out of the station and soon encounters
Eddington again, who taunts Sisko. The captain realizes too late
that he was baited to false coordinates. As the crew sets off to
find Eddington's real location, a distress call is received from
Malinche — Maquis forces ambushed and disabled the starship.
Sisko determines Eddington's next planetary target, but is too
late to stop him from releasing his biogenic weapon into the
atmosphere. The Defiant chases after Eddington's fleeing ship,
but he cripples a transport vessel evacuating Cardassian
civilians, forcing Sisko to break off his pursuit and rescue the
helpless Cardassians.
Stumped as to how to get Eddington, Sisko realizes that the
renegade sees himself as a noble hero and Sisko as a villain. In
order to stop Eddington, Sisko decides he must do something
truly villainous. He prepares to poison the atmosphere of the
Maquis colony in retaliation and reveals his sinister plan to
all. Eddington is prepared to call his bluff. Amazingly, Sisko
orders the deadly torpedoes launched, and the Maquis scramble to
evacuate. Sisko says that he is prepared to eliminate every
Maquis colony in the DMZ, and Eddington, realizing Sisko is
serious, does the "heroic" gesture of offering himself in
exchange. Eddington is captured, and Sisko's vendetta is finally
over.
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