 Admiral
Ross at Starbase 375 uncovers a major reason for the Dominion's
dominance — a sensor array monitoring all activity across five
sectors. Sisko soon formulates a risky plan to disable it. Back
on Terok Nor — the Cardassian name for Deep Space Nine — Kira
and her "resistance cell" of Jake, Rom and Odo work to foster
ill will between the Cardassians and the Dominion. When Odo
speaks out against her latest scheme, Kira begins to question
his loyalty.
Later, Admiral Ross promotes Sisko, removing him from the
Defiant. Dax, now in command of the ship, will run the mission
without him. Meanwhile, Odo is surprised to encounter on the
station the Female Shapeshifter who once took away his
changeling abilities. She tells Odo that he has been forgiven
for killing one of his people, and, playing on the pain of his
unrequited love for Kira, persuades him to link physically and
merge with her.
When Kira learns of this, she asks Odo not to link with the
Female Shapeshifter again, which he promises. Later, Quark
barges in on Kira's secret meeting with Jake, Rom and Odo. He
learned that Damar, Gul Dukat's second-in-command, has figured
out how to use the station's deflector array to deactivate Rom's
self replicating minefield — the one thing that stands between
the station and hordes of Jem'Hadar troops waiting on the other
side of the wormhole.
Based on information Quark provided, Kira devises a plan to
disable the deflector array. Odo will run a security diagnostic,
giving Kira and Rom a five-minute window to sabotage the
equipment before being detected. But the next morning, while
Kira and Rom prepare for their mission. Odo again links with the
Female Shapeshifter, ignoring his promise to Kira. When Kira
goes to the Security Office, she finds it empty, and Odo doesn't
respond to her calls.
Kira hurries to call Rom, but she's too late, and Rom is
arrested. Furious, Kira barges into Odo's quarters and is
shocked when he serenely admits that he did indeed rejoin the
link. Suddenly, for the first time ever, Kira and Odo are on
opposite sides, and she regards her longtime friend as an enemy.
But all is not lost. Light years away, the Defiant returns to
Starbase 375 intact, and Sisko wistfully witnesses the
celebration of Dax's first successful mission.
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